go back

Catheter Clot Removal From a Heart Artery

Pennsylvania 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?

$395

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $395 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $195 to the doctor who performs it, and $200 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$195$166 to $251
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$200$100 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $78 to $5,012Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $151 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $200professional $195

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
$162.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$15,135.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$19.95
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$79,432.82
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$11,748.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$354.81
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$144.54
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$363.08
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$15,135.61
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$218.78
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$100.00
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$40.74
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$30.20
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$19.95
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$398.11
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$363.08

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 43rd of 51

$395

$195 physician + $200 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.