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Removing a Clot From a Forearm Artery

South Dakota 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?

$4,438

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,438 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,202 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,202$891 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$933 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $794 to $4,266Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,585
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,236professional $1,202

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
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$7,244.36
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,128.61
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,584.89
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 32nd of 51

$4,438

$1,202 physician + $3,236 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.