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Removing a Clot From a Forearm Artery

South 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?

$4,407

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,407 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 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$692$537 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$1,479 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $813 to $17,783Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,072
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $692

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
$812.83
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$16,595.87
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$977.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,479.11
6 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
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44

Where South 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

South Carolina· 34th of 51

$4,407

$692 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.