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Surgical Clot Removal From a Leg or Pelvic Vein

Alabama rates for HCPCS 34421

Open surgery that clears a blood clot out of a deep vein of the leg or pelvis through an incision in the leg. The vein is opened, or a balloon-tipped catheter is passed along it, so the clot can be drawn out and normal flow restored.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgical Clot Removal From a Leg or Pelvic Vein cost?

$6,017

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,017 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,230$832 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$2,399 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $7,244Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,549
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $1,230

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
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,128.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 7.1 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

Alabama· 18th of 50

$6,017

$1,230 physician + $4,786 facility

IN $11,065WV $1,556

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.