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Clot Removal From Lower Leg Artery

Iowa rates for HCPCS 34203

Urgent surgery to pull a blood clot or other blockage out of an artery at and below the knee. Through an incision in the leg the surgeon opens the artery and passes a balloon-tipped tube beyond the clot, then withdraws it to sweep the blockage out and restore blood flow to the lower leg and foot.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Clot Removal From Lower Leg Artery cost?

$7,412

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,412 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,042 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$2,042$1,445 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$2,344 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $13,804Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,951
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $2,042

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
$1,479.11
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,570.40
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$13,803.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,981.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,570.40
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,951.21
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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

Iowa· 10th of 51

$7,412

$2,042 physician + $5,370 facility

AK $13,488KY $2,456

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.