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Catheter Treatment Of An Abnormal Brain Vessel

Michigan 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?

$2,951

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,951 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,884 from a physician practice, and about $8,128 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$2,884$2,455 to $3,802
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,128$1,148 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,128 · 10th to 90th $501 to $12,589Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $6,918
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,128professional $2,884

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
$2,884.03
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$14,125.38
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$6,165.95
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,548.13
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,467.37
12 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
$1,122.02
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 21st of 51

$2,951

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.