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Stent Placed In An Artery Inside The Brain

Maine 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?

$34,355

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34,355 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,995 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$1,995$1,660 to $2,399
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 $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $2,818
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $32,359professional $1,995

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
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,570.40
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
$1,348.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,778.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,235.94
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
$1,621.81
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,754.23
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where Maine 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

Maine· 1st of 51

$34,355

$1,995 physician + $32,359 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.