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Surgical Clot Removal From a Leg or Pelvic Vein

North Carolina 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?

$2,631

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,631 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$759 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$1,096 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $676 to $9,333Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $676 to $2,138
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $933

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
$676.08
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,819.70
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$14,454.40
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,888.44

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 47th of 50

$2,631

$933 physician + $1,698 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.