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Clot Removal From An Artery In The Brain

South Dakota 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?

$1,445

Typical facility fee. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,445 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,230 to $1,660.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $933 to $5,623Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $1,820
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $1,413

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
$812.83
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,995.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,862.09
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 42nd of 49

$1,445

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.