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Stent Placed In An Artery Inside The Brain

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 61635

Threads a catheter up to a narrowed artery inside the skull and leaves a small metal mesh tube in place to hold the vessel open, stretching the narrowing with a balloon first if needed. Keeping the artery open restores blood flow to the brain and reduces the risk of a stroke. The whole procedure is done from inside the blood vessels, without opening the skull.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Stent Placed In An Artery Inside The Brain cost?

$6,028

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,028 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,138 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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$2,138$1,738 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$851 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $490 to $17,783Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $2,570
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,890professional $2,138

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
$676.08
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,398.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$21,379.62
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,511.89
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 16.4 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

Louisiana· 16th of 51

$6,028

$2,138 physician + $3,890 facility

ME $34,355MD $2,098

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.