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Surgery For A Ballooned Brain Artery

Alabama rates for HCPCS 61702

An operation in which the skull is opened so the surgeon can reach a ballooned, weakened spot on an artery inside the head and close it off, so that blood no longer enters it and it cannot bleed. It is done either to prevent a bleed or after one has already happened.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgery For A Ballooned Brain Artery cost?

$6,026

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,026 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6,026 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6,026$4,074 to $6,026
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$1,259 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $776 to $9,333Professionalmedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $3,548 to $9,333
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $3,467professional $6,026

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
$154.88
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,606.93

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Alaska than in Oklahoma. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alabama $6,026 · 17th of 51
AK $13,490OK $3,548

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.