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Intravenous Clot-Dissolving Therapy For Stroke

North Carolina 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?

$851

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $851 from a physician practice, and about $851 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 6 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$851$631 to $1,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$617 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $339 to $6,457Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,585
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $851professional $851

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
$338.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$954.99
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 44th of 51

$851

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.