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Surgical Clot Removal From a Leg or Pelvic Vein

Louisiana 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?

$4,491

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,491 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,023$871 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,862 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $891 to $7,413Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $741 to $1,259
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $1,023

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
$891.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,258.93
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 34th of 50

$4,491

$1,023 physician + $3,467 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.