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Balloon Widening of a Brain Artery in Spasm

Missouri 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 October 2026.

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

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $813 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$813$589 to $1,175
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$1,148 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $525 to $7,762Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,479
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $813

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
$602.56
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Wisconsin 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.

Missouri· 10th of 51

$1,000

WI $1,950MD $490

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.