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Balloon Widening of a Brain Artery in Spasm

Washington, DC 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?

$776

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $457 to $2,138.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $457 to $7,762Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,096
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $457

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
$457.09
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,862.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 16.6 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Washington, DC· 26th of 51

$776

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.