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Prolonged Drug Delivery Into Brain Arteries

Washington 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?

$1,230

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,023 to $1,445.

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 $692 to $11,220
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,230

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
$691.83
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$18,620.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,348.96
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,174.90
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Washington 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· 41st of 50

$1,230

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.