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Clot Removal From An Artery In The Brain

Illinois 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?

$2,570

Typical facility fee. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,413 to $5,370.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $955 to $10,471Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $851 to $3,802
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,754professional $1,514

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
$954.99
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$21,877.62
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,801.89
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,413.10

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 34th of 49

$2,570

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.