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Removing a Clot From a Forearm Artery

North Carolina 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?

$5,994

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,994 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,096$776 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$2,818 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $871 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,778
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $1,096

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
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,511.38
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$851.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$338.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$239.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$239.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$239.88

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 15th of 51

$5,994

$1,096 physician + $4,898 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.