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Removing a Clot From a Forearm Artery

New Mexico 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?

$4,761

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,761 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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$871$661 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$1,023 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $603 to $10,965Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,175
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,890professional $871

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$870.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$5,370.32
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 27th of 51

$4,761

$871 physician + $3,890 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.