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Mechanical Clot Removal From A Vein

Iowa rates for HCPCS 37187

A catheter-based device is threaded into a vein to physically break up and remove a blood clot, often combined with clot-dissolving medication delivered directly at the site, all guided by live x-ray imaging. This approach restores blood flow through a vein blocked by a clot without open surgery. It is typically used for a significant clot causing swelling, pain, or circulation problems in the affected limb.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Mechanical Clot Removal From A Vein cost?

$9,900

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,900 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,138 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,762 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,138$589 to $3,162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$3,802 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $776 to $18,197Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $380 to $5,495
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,762professional $2,138

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
$758.58
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,786.30
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$28,183.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,606.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$10,471.29
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$30,199.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,495.41
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 18.9 times more in Delaware than in Maryland. 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

Iowa· 14th of 50

$9,900

$2,138 physician + $7,762 facility

DE $53,458MD $2,832

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.