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Catheter Clot Removal From a Heart Artery

Virginia 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?

$302

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $200 to $1,778.

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 $316 · 10th to 90th $162 to $10,965Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $78 to $269
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $316professional $115

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$46,773.51
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$114.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$346.74
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia $302 · 33rd 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.