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Procedure price report · Other OR procedures on vessels of head and neck

Balloon widening of a narrowed artery in the brain

CPT 61630the billing code this page is about

A catheter-delivered balloon is inflated to open a narrowed artery inside the skull; no stent is placed.

Hospitals typically charge $5,020 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 931 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $6,034. Most fall between $2,755 and $12,850 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
931
States
48
Filings dated
Feb 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 931 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,932$2,905$5,020$10,658$20,963

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,932 vs $20,963).

How the prices are spread

$1,493 – $2,027: 48 hospitals$1,493$2,027 – $2,752: 85 hospitals$2,752 – $3,736: 146 hospitals$2,752$3,736 – $5,073: 145 hospitals$5,073 – $6,887: 72 hospitals$5,073$6,887 – $9,351: 127 hospitals$9,351 – $12,695: 66 hospitals$9,351$12,695 – $17,235: 84 hospitals$17,235 – $23,400: 33 hospitals$17,235$23,400 – $31,769: 34 hospitals$23,400median $5,020price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (840 of 931 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,493$2,02748
$2,027$2,75285
$2,752$3,736146
$3,736$5,073145
$5,073$6,88772
$6,887$9,351127
$9,351$12,69566
$12,695$17,23584
$17,235$23,40033
$23,400$31,76934

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $5,020.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $3,375 across 30 hospitalsWA$3,375Idaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,124 across 14 hospitalsMN$3,124Illinois: median $4,699 across 47 hospitalsIL$4,699Wisconsin: median $2,914 across 23 hospitalsWI$2,914Michigan: median $2,602 across 44 hospitalsMI$2,602New York: median $3,787 across 19 hospitalsNY$3,787Massachusetts: median $5,408 across 10 hospitalsMA$5,408Oregon: median $8,730 across 17 hospitalsOR$8,730Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIAIndiana: median $8,446 across 22 hospitalsIN$8,446Ohio: median $8,028 across 72 hospitalsOH$8,028Pennsylvania: median $7,601 across 29 hospitalsPA$7,601New Jersey: median $4,627 across 27 hospitalsNJ$4,627Connecticut: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $4,270 across 88 hospitalsCA$4,270Utah: median $4,875 across 12 hospitalsUT$4,875Colorado: median $5,240 across 22 hospitalsCO$5,240Nebraska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $3,573 across 16 hospitalsMO$3,573Kentucky: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $5,350 across 28 hospitalsVA$5,350Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $8,310 across 18 hospitalsAZ$8,310New Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceKSArkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $1,913 across 20 hospitalsTN$1,913North Carolina: median $4,911 across 21 hospitalsNC$4,911South Carolina: median $3,992 across 20 hospitalsSC$3,992Oklahoma: median $2,859 across 19 hospitalsOK$2,859Louisiana: median $2,722 across 16 hospitalsLA$2,722Mississippi: median $3,320 across 10 hospitalsMS$3,320Alabama: median $3,673 across 10 hospitalsAL$3,673Georgia: median $8,664 across 40 hospitalsGA$8,664Hawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,865 across 101 hospitalsTX$4,865Florida: median $7,997 across 51 hospitalsFL$7,997
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $5,020. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Oregon OR17$8,730+74%$2,500 – $24,765
Georgia GA40$8,664+73%$2,905 – $9,720
Indiana IN22$8,446+68%$4,196 – $11,415
Arizona AZ18$8,310+66%$7,126 – $34,717
Ohio OH72$8,028+60%$3,644 – $12,621
Florida FL51$7,997+59%$5,020 – $17,615
Pennsylvania PA29$7,601+51%$1,030 – $12,392
Massachusetts MA10$5,408+8%$2,328 – $9,041
Virginia VA28$5,350+7%$1,913 – $8,762
Colorado CO22$5,240+4%$4,673 – $14,549
North Carolina NC21$4,911−2%$4,911 – $4,924
Utah UT12$4,875−3%$4,875 – $4,875
Texas TX101$4,865−3%$2,743 – $12,850
Illinois IL47$4,699−6%$2,163 – $11,397
New Jersey NJ27$4,627−8%$1,630 – $6,839
California CA88$4,270−15%$2,755 – $21,362
South Carolina SC20$3,992−20%$3,992 – $41,193
New York NY19$3,787−25%$1,665 – $7,248
Alabama AL10$3,673−27%$2,177 – $4,623
Missouri MO16$3,573−29%$2,851 – $7,181
Washington WA30$3,375−33%$2,917 – $7,443
Mississippi MS10$3,320−34%$3,320 – $4,000
Minnesota MN14$3,124−38%$3,124 – $6,706
Wisconsin WI23$2,914−42%$2,735 – $8,967
Oklahoma OK19$2,859−43%$2,372 – $12,783
Louisiana LA16$2,722−46%$1,230 – $6,300
Michigan MI44$2,602−48%$1,585 – $7,933
Tennessee TN20$1,913−62%$1,904 – $4,210
Nebraska NE9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Iowa IA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $5,020.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care856$5,020$2,755 – $12,850
Children’s16fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access53$3,564$2,630 – $13,311
Ownership
For-profit87$6,667$2,630 – $34,717
Government95$4,911$2,806 – $9,092
Non-profit743$5,107$2,755 – $12,850
System affiliation
Part of a system856$5,020$2,755 – $12,850
Independent75$4,247$2,100 – $10,953

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$10,176
Median cash price$5,020
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

779 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $4,924 and the average of the middle 60% is $5,862; most fall between $2,743 and $12,495.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 779 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$2,100$2,859$4,924$10,026$17,345

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,100 vs $17,345).

Of the 848 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 779 gave a usable cash price; 31 carried a plausibility flag, 3 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 35 a list price only.

How complete is this

931 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (24%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,036 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted931
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here41
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded3
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded61
Hospitals that filed this code1,036

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR procedures on vessels of head and neck family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Intracranial Balloon Angioplasty.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Balloon widening of a narrowed artery in the brain (CPT 61630) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-61630-balloon-widening-of-a-narrowed-artery-in-the-brain