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Surgery For A Ballooned Brain Artery

Illinois 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?

$5,623

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,623 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,754 from a physician practice, and about $1,738 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5,754$4,467 to $7,586
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,738$708 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $513 to $17,378Professionalmedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $3,802 to $9,120
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,738professional $5,754

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
$933.25
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26,302.68
Median
$56,234.13
Typical High
$112,201.85
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$13,489.63
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$6,309.57
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,549.93
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
$1,819.70
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 18th of 51

$5,623

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.