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Catheter Clot Removal From a Heart Artery

California rates for HCPCS 92973

A device passed through a catheter breaks up and draws out a blood clot blocking a heart artery, restoring flow through the vessel. It is done during a catheter procedure on the heart arteries, usually alongside opening the vessel with a balloon or a stent, and is billed in addition to that work. Nothing is cut open in the chest.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Catheter Clot Removal From a Heart Artery cost?

$10,471

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,471 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $6,918 to $14,125.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,715 · 10th to 90th $4,266 to $17,783Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $74 to $191
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $10,715professional $98

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
$173.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$25,703.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$17,782.79
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$23,988.33
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$186.21
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$199.53
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where California sits

The same service costs 195.0 times more in Utah than in Hawaii. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

California $10,471 · 3rd of 49
UT $18,197HI $93.33

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.