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Blocking Off An Abnormal Brain Vessel

Georgia rates for HCPCS 61708

Surgery on the blood vessels of the brain that treats a ballooned artery or an abnormal vessel connection by stopping blood from flowing into it, so it can no longer bleed. It is major surgery, carried out under general anesthetic and followed by close monitoring in hospital.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blocking Off An Abnormal Brain Vessel cost?

$3,631

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,090 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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$3,090$2,570 to $4,074
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$3,388 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $12,882Professionalmedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $5,623
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $3,090

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
$2,570.40
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,754.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$26,302.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,456.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,888.44

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in California than in Oklahoma. 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.

Georgia· 20th of 51

$3,631

CA $9,120OK $2,239

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.