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Removing a Clot From a Forearm Artery

Michigan 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?

$4,547

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,547 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$832$794 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,570 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $7,079Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,202
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $832

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
$831.76
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$954.99
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,000.00
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
13 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
$426.58
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 30th of 51

$4,547

$832 physician + $3,715 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.