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Surgery For A Ballooned Brain Artery

Louisiana 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?

$4,467

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6,026 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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 5 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$4,266 to $6,457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$1,202 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $891 to $6,457Professionalmedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $3,715 to $6,761
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $3,162professional $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
$933.25
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$6,918.31
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,912.51

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana $4,467 · 35th 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.