go back

Removing a Clot From a Forearm Artery

Massachusetts 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?

$3,023

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,023 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$692 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$794 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $631 to $7,413Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $562 to $7,413
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,089professional $933

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
$1,819.70
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,000.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$9,120.11
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$891.25
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$9,120.11
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,630.27
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$562.34
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
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 47th of 51

$3,023

$933 physician + $2,089 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.