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Catheter Clot Removal From a Heart Artery

Michigan 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 October 2026.

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

$339

Typical total for the visit. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $339 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 to the doctor who performs it, and $120 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$219$129 to $240
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$120$63.10 to $234

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $120 · 10th to 90th $35 to $617Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $112 to $275
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $120professional $219

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.99
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$302.00
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$575.44
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$288.40
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$302.00

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 40.2 times more in Alabama than in Delaware. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Michigan· 49th of 51

$339

$219 physician + $120 facility

AL $12,840DE $320

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.