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Removing a Clot From a Forearm Artery

Alaska rates for HCPCS 34111

Opens one of the arteries running down the forearm through an incision in the arm and extracts a clot or an embolus blocking it, usually by drawing a small balloon-tipped catheter back along the vessel. Restoring flow relieves the pain, coldness, and numbness of a hand starved of blood. It is done urgently once the blockage is recognized.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removing a Clot From a Forearm Artery cost?

$1,778

Typical facility fee. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $741 to $4,677.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $692 to $11,482
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778

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
$1,778.28
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,677.35
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$11,481.54

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 26.3 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alaska· 42nd of 50

$1,778

IN $15,488ND $589

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.