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Mechanical Removal Of A Blood Clot From An Artery

Alaska rates for HCPCS 37184

A minimally invasive procedure in which a specialized device is guided through a catheter into a blocked artery, outside the heart and brain, to physically break up and remove a blood clot, restoring blood flow. It is the primary treatment of the first vessel addressed during the procedure and may include medication delivered directly to help dissolve remaining clot material.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Mechanical Removal Of A Blood Clot From An Artery cost?

$4,798

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,798 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,399 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,399$1,202 to $5,495
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,288 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $501 to $12,589Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $525 to $8,710
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,399professional $2,399

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,630.78
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$8,709.64
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$10,232.93
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$8,912.51
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$8,709.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37,153.52
Median
$37,153.52
Typical High
$37,153.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 14.6 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 43rd of 50

$4,798

$2,399 physician + $2,399 facility

ME $38,154WV $2,615

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.