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Catheter Clot Removal From a Heart Artery

Minnesota 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?

$661

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $447 to $1,259.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $251 to $2,754
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $661

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
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota $661 · 15th 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.