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Prolonged Drug Delivery Into Brain Arteries

South Dakota 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?

$977

Typical facility fee. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $977 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $851 to $1,148.

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 $1,230 · 10th to 90th $550 to $4,365Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $741 to $1,230
$1K$2Kfacility $1,230professional $977

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
$549.54
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,380.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,230.27
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 45th of 50

$977

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.