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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 July 2026.

How much does Removing a Clot From a Forearm Artery cost?

$9,333

Typical facility fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,333 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,622 to $16,982.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,333 · 10th to 90th $813 to $22,909
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,333

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$17,782.79
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$27,542.29

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 26.3 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

South Carolina· 6th of 50

$9,333

IN $15,488ND $589

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.