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Procedure price report · Other OR procedures on vessels other than head and neck

Clot removal from an artery through a catheter, first vessel

CPT 37184the billing code this page is about

Mechanical breaking up and removal of a blood clot from an artery using devices passed through a catheter. Covers the first vessel treated during the session, including imaging guidance.

Hospitals typically charge $8,519 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,826 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $9,432. Most fall between $3,980 and $19,347 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,826
States
50
Filings dated
Feb 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,826 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$2,402$4,566$8,519$16,500$26,446

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,402 vs $26,446).

How the prices are spread

$1,716 – $2,334: 78 hospitals$1,716$2,334 – $3,174: 108 hospitals$3,174 – $4,317: 142 hospitals$3,174$4,317 – $5,872: 208 hospitals$5,872 – $7,987: 253 hospitals$5,872$7,987 – $10,863: 207 hospitals$10,863 – $14,774: 214 hospitals$10,863$14,774 – $20,095: 180 hospitals$20,095 – $27,331: 167 hospitals$20,095$27,331 – $37,173: 87 hospitals$27,331median $8,519price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,644 of 1,826 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,716$2,33478
$2,334$3,174108
$3,174$4,317142
$4,317$5,872208
$5,872$7,987253
$7,987$10,863207
$10,863$14,774214
$14,774$20,095180
$20,095$27,331167
$27,331$37,17387

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$18,729
Median cash price$8,519
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.45×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $8,519.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $6,311 across 41 hospitalsWA$6,311Idaho: median $8,433 across 13 hospitalsID$8,433Montana: median $2,948 across 11 hospitalsMT$2,948North Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $5,846 across 42 hospitalsMN$5,846Illinois: median $7,470 across 77 hospitalsIL$7,470Wisconsin: median $5,120 across 62 hospitalsWI$5,120Michigan: median $6,906 across 62 hospitalsMI$6,906New York: median $18,122 across 63 hospitalsNY$18,122Massachusetts: median $9,812 across 28 hospitalsMA$9,812Oregon: median $8,918 across 31 hospitalsOR$8,918Nevada: median $7,210 across 10 hospitalsNV$7,210Wyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $7,181 across 25 hospitalsIA$7,181Indiana: median $4,456 across 50 hospitalsIN$4,456Ohio: median $11,900 across 96 hospitalsOH$11,900Pennsylvania: median $17,282 across 90 hospitalsPA$17,282New Jersey: median $19,876 across 56 hospitalsNJ$19,876Connecticut: median $14,161 across 13 hospitalsCT$14,161Rhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $11,934 across 144 hospitalsCA$11,934Utah: median $5,748 across 26 hospitalsUT$5,748Colorado: median $6,264 across 35 hospitalsCO$6,264Nebraska: median $8,128 across 19 hospitalsNE$8,128Missouri: median $6,042 across 48 hospitalsMO$6,042Kentucky: median $9,051 across 20 hospitalsKY$9,051West Virginia: median $7,532 across 15 hospitalsWV$7,532Virginia: median $7,397 across 38 hospitalsVA$7,397Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $5,974 across 32 hospitalsAZ$5,974New Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $11,684 across 22 hospitalsKS$11,684Arkansas: median $5,604 across 17 hospitalsAR$5,604Tennessee: median $2,313 across 38 hospitalsTN$2,313North Carolina: median $4,935 across 48 hospitalsNC$4,935South Carolina: median $13,226 across 38 hospitalsSC$13,226Oklahoma: median $4,768 across 32 hospitalsOK$4,768Louisiana: median $5,023 across 40 hospitalsLA$5,023Mississippi: median $4,027 across 26 hospitalsMS$4,027Alabama: median $12,403 across 25 hospitalsAL$12,403Georgia: median $6,706 across 65 hospitalsGA$6,706Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $10,269 across 160 hospitalsTX$10,269Florida: median $10,795 across 97 hospitalsFL$10,795
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $8,519. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ56$19,876+133%$4,959 – $23,718
New York NY63$18,122+113%$5,106 – $22,883
Pennsylvania PA90$17,282+103%$8,557 – $30,359
Connecticut CT13$14,161+66%$5,926 – $26,274
South Carolina SC38$13,226+55%$5,786 – $29,180
Alabama AL25$12,403+46%$5,684 – $21,620
California CA144$11,934+40%$5,961 – $20,517
Ohio OH96$11,900+40%$4,616 – $20,330
Kansas KS22$11,684+37%$3,115 – $17,270
Florida FL97$10,795+27%$5,124 – $24,129
Texas TX160$10,269+21%$6,107 – $21,484
Massachusetts MA28$9,812+15%$5,721 – $18,764
Kentucky KY20$9,051+6%$3,636 – $13,669
Oregon OR31$8,918+5%$2,474 – $21,562
Idaho ID13$8,433−1%$5,500 – $23,450
Nebraska NE19$8,128−5%$3,467 – $11,227
West Virginia WV15$7,532−12%$729 – $9,515
Illinois IL77$7,470−12%$4,125 – $16,290
Virginia VA38$7,397−13%$4,681 – $11,060
Nevada NV10$7,210−15%$3,082 – $19,939
Iowa IA25$7,181−16%$4,774 – $9,626
Michigan MI62$6,906−19%$886 – $18,824
Georgia GA65$6,706−21%$3,955 – $13,469
Washington WA41$6,311−26%$3,980 – $11,596
Colorado CO35$6,264−26%$5,906 – $16,399
Missouri MO48$6,042−29%$3,825 – $13,057
Arizona AZ32$5,974−30%$4,080 – $21,876
Minnesota MN42$5,846−31%$2,766 – $12,180
Utah UT26$5,748−33%$4,886 – $5,748
Arkansas AR17$5,604−34%$2,017 – $14,311
Wisconsin WI62$5,120−40%$2,422 – $9,130
Louisiana LA40$5,023−41%$3,546 – $14,188
North Carolina NC48$4,935−42%$3,350 – $7,582
Oklahoma OK32$4,768−44%$2,682 – $20,354
Indiana IN50$4,456−48%$2,139 – $11,032
Mississippi MS26$4,027−53%$2,427 – $6,899
Montana MT11$2,948−65%$2,604 – $6,004
Tennessee TN38$2,313−73%$1,414 – $5,599
South Dakota SD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $8,519.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,640$8,825$4,225 – $19,902
Children’s39$11,090$3,980 – $16,101
Critical access139$4,886$2,316 – $12,310
Ownership
For-profit218$11,489$3,955 – $27,576
Government217$7,015$3,625 – $15,923
Non-profit1,383$8,386$3,999 – $18,122
System affiliation
Part of a system1,580$8,386$4,027 – $19,347
Independent246$8,924$3,221 – $19,556

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$15,000
Median cash price$8,519
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,423 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $7,988 and the average of the middle 60% is $8,960; most fall between $3,955 and $17,576.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,423 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$2,402$4,488$7,988$15,008$24,891

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,402 vs $24,891).

Of the 1,533 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,423 gave a usable cash price; 44 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 65 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,826 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (46%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,974 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,826
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here77
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded66
Hospitals that filed this code1,974

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR procedures on vessels other than head and neck family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Prim Prq Trluml Mchnl Thrmbc N-Cor N-Icra 1st.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Clot removal from an artery through a catheter, first vessel (CPT 37184) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-37184-clot-removal-from-an-artery-through-a-catheter-first-vessel