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Removing a Clot From a Forearm Artery

Iowa 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?

$6,536

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,536 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,288$933 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$1,479 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $955 to $13,804Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,862
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $1,288

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
$933.25
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,621.81
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$13,803.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,454.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,621.81
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,760.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,862.09
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 9th of 51

$6,536

$1,288 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.