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Balloon Widening of an Artery Inside the Head

Minnesota 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?

$5,228

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,228 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,884 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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$2,884$2,291 to $4,074
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,259 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $21,380Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $5,370
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $2,344professional $2,884

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
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15,135.61
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$54,954.09
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,888.44
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,128.61
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,623.41

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 18th of 51

$5,228

$2,884 physician + $2,344 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.