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Removing a Clot From a Forearm Artery

Montana 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?

$1,845

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,845 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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$912$617 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$933 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $912 to $5,129Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $79 to $1,072
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $933professional $912

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
$676.08
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$14,454.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,000.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$14,454.40
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$1,845

$912 physician + $933 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.