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Removing a Clot From a Forearm Artery

Arkansas 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 October 2026.

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

$5,989

Typical total for the visit. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,989 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$631 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$2,455 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $7,079Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $741

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,258.93
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,230.27
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in Wisconsin than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Arkansas· 16th of 51

$5,989

$741 physician + $5,248 facility

WI $10,313MT $1,845

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.