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Catheter Treatment Of An Abnormal Brain Vessel

Alabama rates for HCPCS 61710

Treatment of an abnormal blood vessel in or near the brain — a bulge in an artery, a tangle of abnormal vessels, or an abnormal connection between an artery and a vein — by threading a catheter into the artery and injecting material or positioning a balloon to shut off the abnormal flow. The skull is not opened.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Catheter Treatment Of An Abnormal Brain Vessel cost?

$3,236

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,236 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 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$3,236$2,188 to $3,236
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$1,259 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $813 to $9,333Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $5,012
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,715professional $3,236

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
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,011.87
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
$1,737.80
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,715.35
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
$1,698.24
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,467.37

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in California than in Vermont. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alabama $3,236 · 21st of 51
CA $8,128VT $1,995

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.