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Balloon Widening of an Artery Inside the Head

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 61630

A thin catheter is threaded up through the blood vessels into the head, and a small balloon is inflated inside a narrowed artery to open it up. Widening the vessel restores blood flow to brain tissue that is being starved of it. Nothing is cut open; the catheter enters through a vessel in the groin or the wrist.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Balloon Widening of an Artery Inside the Head cost?

$3,667

Typical total for the visit. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,667 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,188 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,188$1,622 to $4,169
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$794 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,548Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $13,804
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $2,188

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,630.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,630.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$13,803.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,041.74
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,073.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,168.69
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,630.78
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,041.74
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 16.9 times more in Maine than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Massachusetts· 28th of 51

$3,667

$2,188 physician + $1,479 facility

ME $34,221MD $2,029

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.