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Prolonged Drug Delivery Into Brain Arteries

California rates for HCPCS 61650

Threads a catheter up into the arteries of the brain and delivers medication directly into them over an extended period, covering the first area of brain circulation treated. It is used when a drug has to act at high strength in the brain vessels themselves rather than being given into a vein.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Prolonged Drug Delivery Into Brain Arteries cost?

$6,026

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,026 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,890 to $8,710.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $14,125Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,175
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,166professional $603

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
$3,715.35
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$22,908.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,803.84
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$660.69
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,202.26
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$3,467.37
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$20,417.38

Where California sits

The same service costs 40.7 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. 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.

California· 15th of 50

$6,026

ME $21,878WV $537

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.