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Intravenous Clot-Dissolving Therapy For Stroke

Massachusetts 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?

$741

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $646 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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$646$457 to $1,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$646 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $479 to $7,244Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,148
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $646

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
$645.65
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,584.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,818.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,090.30
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,047.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,818.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 47th of 51

$741

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.