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Surgical Clot Removal From Chest Artery

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 34051

Emergency surgery to remove a blood clot blocking one of the large arteries branching off the aorta toward the arm and head. The surgeon opens the artery, extracts the clot with a small balloon catheter or by hand, and repairs the vessel so blood flow is restored. It is done urgently because tissue starved of blood is quickly damaged.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgical Clot Removal From Chest Artery cost?

$1,479

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,288 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,288$1,122 to $2,291
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$1,380 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $589 to $5,623Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $2,884
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,818professional $1,288

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
$588.84
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,884.03
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,025.60
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,754.23
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,691.53
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,025.60
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 8.5 times more in California than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts $1,479 · 28th of 51
CA $9,333WV $1,096

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.