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Catheter Clot Removal From a Heart Artery

North Carolina 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?

$224

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $170 to $437.

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 $224 · 10th to 90th $145 to $1,047
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $224

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
$25.12
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$32,359.37
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina $224 · 40th 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.