$454.69
37184 is for the initial vessel treated; 37185 is for each additional qualifying vessel treated in the same session.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
37184 Arterial thrombectomy Medicare reimbursement rates in Minnesota
Reports catheter-based mechanical removal of clot from the first noncoronary, nonintracranial artery or arterial bypass graft treated. Compare 37184 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Minnesota.
Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.
What does Medicare pay for 37184 in Minnesota?
Minnesota has 1 payment locality in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the payment area shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
$1633.35
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Minnesota
One mapped payment locality.
Facility setting
$342.43
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Minnesota
One mapped payment locality.
These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.
Vascular intervention
About 37184: Initial arterial mechanical thrombectomy
Reports catheter-based mechanical removal of clot from the first noncoronary, nonintracranial artery or arterial bypass graft treated.
This service removes thrombus mechanically through a catheter in a noncoronary, nonintracranial artery or arterial bypass graft. It is commonly performed by an interventional radiologist, vascular surgeon, or other qualified specialist in an angiography suite or hospital procedure room, for situations such as acute limb ischemia caused by an arterial blockage or an occluded bypass graft. Fluoroscopic guidance and intraprocedural thrombolytic injections are included in the service.
Report 37184 for the initial treated vessel; 37185 may apply to each additional vessel. The operative or procedure report should identify the artery or graft, the clot-removal method, and the vessel treated first. The code has a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care are included. When multiple procedures occur in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% multiple-procedure reduction. For bilateral reporting with modifier 50, CMS pays 150%. Assistant-at-surgery services are not paid; co-surgeons are permitted, but team surgery is not.
CMS billing rules for 37184
- Global period
- Minor procedure with a 0-day global period: same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included.
- Multiple procedures
- Standard multiple procedure reduction: the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50% when performed in the same session.
- Bilateral procedures
- Bilateral procedure with modifier 50 is paid at 150%.
- Assistant at surgery
- Statutory restriction: assistant at surgery is not paid.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons permitted.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU8.20 · 17%
- Practice expense (office) RVU39.12 · 80%
- Malpractice RVU1.51 · 3%
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Medicare services in 2024 · #1290 by national volume
This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.
37184 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Minnesota, from the same CMS release.
$1,160.30
Use 37184 for primary mechanical arterial thrombectomy. 37186 describes secondary thrombectomy performed with another percutaneous intervention, not primary mechanical thrombectomy.
$1,607.22
37187 describes mechanical thrombectomy in a vein. 37184 is for a noncoronary, nonintracranial artery or arterial bypass graft.
Compare 37184 by payment locality
Find the payment area for your service address, then open its rate page for calculation inputs, release history and the percentage-of-Medicare tool. A city may cross payment-area boundaries; the ZIP lookup above helps resolve the location.
1 of 1 payment localities
Minnesota →
Office / nonfacility
$1633.35
Facility
$342.43
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How this local rate is calculated
Each RVU component is multiplied by its own geographic practice cost index (GPCI). The three adjusted components are added, then multiplied by the conversion factor. These are the inputs used for 37184 in Minnesota.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
4,579
- Code
- 37184
- Physician work
- 8.20
- Practice expense
- 39.12
- Malpractice
- 1.51
GPCI2026.csv
66
- Locality
- Minnesota
- Physician work
- 1.000
- Practice expense
- 1.029
- Malpractice
- 0.296
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 8.20 | × 1.000 | 8.2000 |
| Practice expense | 39.12 | × 1.029 | 40.2545 |
| Malpractice | 1.51 | × 0.296 | 0.4470 |
| Total RVUs | 48.9014 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Office / nonfacility rate, Minnesota$1633.35
Explore RVUs, geographic factors and the full formula
Office / nonfacility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 8.2 | 1 |
| Practice expense | 39.12 | 1.029 |
| Malpractice | 1.51 | 0.296 |
(8.2 × 1 + 39.12 × 1.029 + 1.51 × 0.296) × $33.4009 = $1633.35
Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 8.2 | 1 |
| Practice expense | 1.56 | 1.029 |
| Malpractice | 1.51 | 0.296 |
(8.2 × 1 + 1.56 × 1.029 + 1.51 × 0.296) × $33.4009 = $342.43
The office and facility calculations use their respective practice-expense RVUs. The facility amount here is the physician fee, not a separate hospital or facility bill.
37184 billing questions
When should 37185 be reported instead?
Use 37184 for the initial vessel treated mechanically. Report 37185 for each qualifying additional vessel treated in the same session.
Does 37184 include fluoroscopic guidance and thrombolytic injections?
Yes. Fluoroscopic guidance and intraprocedural pharmacological thrombolytic injections are included in this thrombectomy service.
How is 37184 different from 37186?
37184 describes primary mechanical thrombectomy of the initial artery or arterial bypass graft. 37186 describes secondary thrombectomy performed with another percutaneous intervention, rather than primary mechanical thrombectomy.
What documentation supports reporting 37184?
Document the treated artery or graft, the mechanical clot-removal work, and which vessel was treated first. The report should support that the service involved a noncoronary, nonintracranial artery or arterial bypass graft.
How does the multiple-procedure reduction affect 37184?
For multiple procedures in one session, CMS pays the highest-valued procedure in full and applies the standard 50% reduction to the others. The reduction depends on which procedure has the highest value.
Can an assistant surgeon be paid for 37184?
No. CMS applies a statutory restriction on assistant-at-surgery payment for this code. Co-surgeons are permitted, while team surgery is not.
Where these rates come from
FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.
Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.
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