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Balloon Widening of a Brain Artery in Spasm

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 61640

A thin tube is threaded through a blood vessel up into the brain and a small balloon is gently inflated inside an artery that has clamped down, reopening it so blood can flow normally again. It is most often needed after bleeding around the brain, when arteries go into spasm and threaten a stroke. Treating further arteries in the same session is billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Balloon Widening of a Brain Artery in Spasm cost?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $661 from a physician practice, and about $6,310 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 61 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$661$479 to $1,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,310$2,455 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $813 to $17,783Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,622
$0.1$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $6,310professional $661

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$22,908.68
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,288.25

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 16.6 times more in California than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

CA $7,586DE $457

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.