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Intravenous Clot-Dissolving Therapy For Stroke

Iowa rates for HCPCS 37195

This treatment delivers a clot-dissolving medication through a vein to break up a blood clot blocking blood flow to the brain during an acute stroke. It is given as quickly as possible after stroke symptoms begin, since the medication works best within a narrow time window. The goal is to restore blood flow and limit permanent brain damage.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Intravenous Clot-Dissolving Therapy For Stroke cost?

$1,096

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,096 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $891 from a physician practice, and about $1,905 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$891$708 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$871 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $603 to $7,943Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,288
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $891

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
$1,288.25
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,258.93
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,995.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,995.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,047.13
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$691.83

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 11.2 times more in California than in Hawaii. 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.

Iowa· 19th of 51

$1,096

CA $4,898HI $437

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.