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Surgical Clot Removal From a Leg or Pelvic Vein

Iowa 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?

$7,579

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,579 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 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$1,122$891 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,457$3,715 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $9,550Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $692 to $3,715
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,457professional $1,122

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
$1,023.29
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,819.70
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,549.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,630.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 12th of 50

$7,579

$1,122 physician + $6,457 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.