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Balloon Widening of an Artery Inside the Head

Maine 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?

$34,221

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34,221 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,862 to the doctor who performs it, and $32,359 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,862$1,585 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$32,359$25,704 to $33,113

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32,359 · 10th to 90th $813 to $33,113Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $2,630
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $32,359professional $1,862

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25,703.96
Median
$33,113.11
Typical High
$33,884.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,951.21
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,570.40
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where Maine 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

Maine· 1st of 51

$34,221

$1,862 physician + $32,359 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.