go back

Balloon Widening of a Brain Artery in Spasm

Georgia 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?

$1,175

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,175 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $661 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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 5 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$513 to $1,148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$3,162 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $11,749Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $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
$812.83
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 9th of 51

$1,175

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.