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Clot Removal From An Artery In The Brain

Colorado rates for HCPCS 61645

Threads a catheter up through an artery to a blocked vessel inside the head and removes the clot, using a retrieval device, suction, a clot-dissolving drug delivered straight into the clot, or a combination of these. The X-ray pictures taken to find the blockage and confirm the result are part of the same work. It is the emergency treatment for a stroke caused by a large blocked artery.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Clot Removal From An Artery In The Brain cost?

$12,023

Typical facility fee. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,023 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4,169 to $18,197.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,023 · 10th to 90th $955 to $28,840Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $5,129
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $12,023professional $1,047

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$33,113.11
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,479.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$5,128.61
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,715.19

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 25.7 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

Colorado· 2nd of 49

$12,023

IN $20,417WV $794

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.