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Removing a Clot From a Forearm Artery

Minnesota 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?

$3,254

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,254 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$1,259$955 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$977 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $617 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $692 to $2,291
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,995professional $1,259

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
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,988.33
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,398.83
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,238.72
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,454.71
12 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$19,952.62
Typical High
$36,307.81
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 46th of 51

$3,254

$1,259 physician + $1,995 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.