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Surgical Clot Removal From an Arm or Shoulder Vein

Alaska rates for HCPCS 34490

Open surgery that clears a blood clot out of a large vein in the shoulder or upper arm through an incision in the arm. 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 an Arm or Shoulder Vein cost?

$3,694

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,694 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,995 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$1,995$851 to $3,548
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$776 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $676 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $794 to $3,890
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $1,995

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,137.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$5,011.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,548.13
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$5,011.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.1 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

Alaska· 36th of 50

$3,694

$1,995 physician + $1,698 facility

IN $10,941WV $1,352

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.