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Mechanical Removal Of A Blood Clot From An Artery

Michigan 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?

$8,149

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,149 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,230$575 to $2,291
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$4,898 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $12,303Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $417 to $2,692
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $6,918professional $1,230

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
$2,089.30
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,090.30
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,317.64
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$37,153.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 24th of 50

$8,149

$1,230 physician + $6,918 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.