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Catheter Clot Removal From a Heart Artery

South 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?

$6,166

Typical facility fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,166 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $295 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $174 to $17,783
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0K$50.0Kfacility $6,166

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
$5,370.32
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$17,782.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$30,902.95
Typical High
$61,659.50
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where South 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.

South Carolina $6,166 · 5th 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.