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Prolonged Drug Delivery Into Brain Arteries

Virginia 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?

$5,888

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,888 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $977 to $16,218.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $631 to $20,893Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $589

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
$630.96
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$14,791.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$25,703.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,071.52
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$14,791.08

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 16th of 50

$5,888

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.