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Stent Placed In An Artery Inside The Brain

Michigan 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?

$7,232

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,232 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,862 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$1,445 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$1,000 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $490 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $3,020
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,549.93
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,495.41
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,187.76
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 10th of 51

$7,232

$1,862 physician + $5,370 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.