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Removing a Clot From a Forearm Artery

Maryland 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?

$832

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $646 to $3,020.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $617 to $6,310Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,311professional $661

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,548.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$851.14
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
$338.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Wisconsin than in Texas. 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.

Maryland· 42nd of 51

$832

WI $2,884TX $631

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.