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Removing a Clot From a Forearm Artery

Georgia 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?

$3,842

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,842 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$891$776 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,148 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $708 to $7,762Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $891

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
$676.08
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,778.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,089.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,344.23
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,995.26
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
$331.13
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$575.44

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 39th of 51

$3,842

$891 physician + $2,951 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.