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Surgery For A Ballooned Brain Artery

Colorado 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 October 2026.

How much does Surgery For A Ballooned Brain Artery cost?

$6,457

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,888 from a physician practice, and about $13,183 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5,888$4,786 to $7,762
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13,183$3,090 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13,183 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $21,380Professionalmedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $3,981 to $8,913
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $13,183professional $5,888

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$25,703.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$7,762.47
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,332.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,762.47
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,762.47
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,332.54
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,235.94

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 21.4 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Colorado· 12th of 51

$6,457

AK $16,596TX $776

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.