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Prolonged Drug Delivery Into Brain Arteries

Washington, DC 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?

$2,138

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $646 to $7,762.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $575 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,318
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $2,138professional $1,122

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,762.47
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$16,218.10

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 31st of 50

$2,138

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.