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Catheter Treatment Of An Abnormal Brain Vessel

Illinois 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 October 2026.

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

$3,020

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,020 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,020 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$3,020$2,344 to $4,074
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,738$708 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $513 to $15,136Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $4,786
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $3,020

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
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$30,199.52
Typical High
$60,255.96
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,570.88
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,244.36
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
$2,344.23
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,311.31
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
$2,137.96
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,011.87
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
$977.24
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 8.1 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

$3,020

AK $8,913TX $1,096

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.