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Removing a Clot From a Forearm Artery

Louisiana 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?

$3,467

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,089 to $6,918.

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 $3,467 · 10th to 90th $851 to $10,471
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467

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
$831.76
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 33rd of 50

$3,467

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.