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Added Clot Removal During Vessel Procedure

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 37186

Removal of a blood clot from an artery or bypass graft using mechanical or suction devices, performed during another catheter-based vessel procedure. It is charged in addition to the primary intervention and includes X-ray (fluoroscopic) guidance and injection of clot-dissolving medication when used.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Added Clot Removal During Vessel Procedure cost?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,349 from a physician practice, and about $398 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,349$437 to $2,754
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$245 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $174 to $2,570Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $263 to $5,888
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $398professional $1,349

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,548.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,344.23
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,090.30
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,089.30
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,388.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,344.23
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$4,265.80
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,513.56
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,258.93
1 more rate 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
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$426.58

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Oregon than in Nebraska. 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.

Massachusetts· 35th of 51

$1,000

OR $1,950NE $398

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.