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Clot Removal From An Artery In The Brain

New York 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?

$5,129

Typical facility fee. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,129 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,020 to $8,318.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $12,023
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,129

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
$1,047.13
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$12,022.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,882.50
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,951.21
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,120.11
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where New York 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.

New York· 19th of 49

$5,129

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.