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Procedure price report · Embolectomy and endarterectomy of lower limbs

Open removal of a clot from a thigh or groin artery

CPT 34201the billing code this page is about

Surgery through an incision in the leg to take a clot or blockage out of the femoral, popliteal, or aortoiliac artery.

Hospitals typically charge $5,389 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 660 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,350. Most fall between $1,978 and $10,036 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
660
States
47
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 660 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,363$2,108$5,389$8,675$13,737

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,363 vs $13,737).

How the prices are spread

$937 – $1,265: 27 hospitals$937$1,265 – $1,710: 52 hospitals$1,710 – $2,310: 66 hospitals$1,710$2,310 – $3,121: 50 hospitals$3,121 – $4,217: 51 hospitals$3,121$4,217 – $5,697: 85 hospitals$5,697 – $7,698: 83 hospitals$5,697$7,698 – $10,400: 97 hospitals$10,400 – $14,051: 58 hospitals$10,400$14,051 – $18,985: 26 hospitals$14,051median $5,389price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (595 of 660 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$937$1,26527
$1,265$1,71052
$1,710$2,31066
$2,310$3,12150
$3,121$4,21751
$4,217$5,69785
$5,697$7,69883
$7,698$10,40097
$10,400$14,05158
$14,051$18,98526

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$5,685
Median cash price$5,389
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.95×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $5,389.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $9,394 across 13 hospitalsWA$9,394Idaho: median $12,563 across 10 hospitalsID$12,563Montana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $4,002 across 13 hospitalsMN$4,002Illinois: median $5,535 across 31 hospitalsIL$5,535Wisconsin: median $5,357 across 30 hospitalsWI$5,357Michigan: median $2,108 across 30 hospitalsMI$2,108New York: median $6,397 across 38 hospitalsNY$6,397Massachusetts: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,345 across 13 hospitalsOR$2,345Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,502 across 18 hospitalsIA$2,502Indiana: median $4,850 across 13 hospitalsIN$4,850Ohio: median $4,722 across 47 hospitalsOH$4,722Pennsylvania: median $1,462 across 25 hospitalsPA$1,462New Jersey: median $5,908 across 27 hospitalsNJ$5,908Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $10,306 across 53 hospitalsCA$10,306Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,686 across 14 hospitalsMO$1,686Kentucky: median $1,363 across 10 hospitalsKY$1,363West Virginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $5,895 across 14 hospitalsVA$5,895Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $2,004 across 15 hospitalsTN$2,004North Carolina: median $10,033 across 17 hospitalsNC$10,033South Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,656 across 17 hospitalsOK$1,656Louisiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $5,488 across 21 hospitalsGA$5,488Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $7,310 across 57 hospitalsTX$7,310Florida: median $13,670 across 20 hospitalsFL$13,670
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $5,389. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL20$13,670+154%$5,426 – $14,800
Idaho ID10$12,563+133%$5,193 – $14,186
California CA53$10,306+91%$7,979 – $13,737
North Carolina NC17$10,033+86%$2,104 – $10,033
Washington WA13$9,394+74%$1,820 – $15,245
Texas TX57$7,310+36%$4,011 – $8,189
New York NY38$6,397+19%$1,993 – $6,946
New Jersey NJ27$5,908+10%$4,627 – $6,366
Virginia VA14$5,895+9%$5,616 – $8,558
Illinois IL31$5,535+3%$1,363 – $15,229
Georgia GA21$5,488+2%$5,389 – $5,488
Wisconsin WI30$5,357−1%$3,605 – $7,880
Indiana IN13$4,850−10%$1,363 – $7,127
Ohio OH47$4,722−12%$2,484 – $20,203
Minnesota MN13$4,002−26%$2,122 – $5,609
Iowa IA18$2,502−54%$2,258 – $3,272
Oregon OR13$2,345−56%$1,820 – $2,345
Michigan MI30$2,108−61%$1,644 – $5,357
Tennessee TN15$2,004−63%$1,075 – $6,046
Missouri MO14$1,686−69%$1,573 – $5,853
Oklahoma OK17$1,656−69%$1,656 – $5,330
Pennsylvania PA25$1,462−73%$618 – $8,394
Kentucky KY10$1,363−75%$1,122 – $21,706
Arizona AZ9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $5,389.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care569$5,609$1,999 – $10,306
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access77$3,605$1,634 – $7,310
Ownership
For-profit52$7,310$2,905 – $12,563
Government94$3,848$1,854 – $9,434
Non-profit509$5,389$1,993 – $10,306
System affiliation
Part of a system547$5,488$1,993 – $10,306
Independent113$3,409$1,691 – $7,895

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$8,241
Median cash price$5,389
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

473 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $5,357 and the average of the middle 60% is $5,250; most fall between $1,718 and $10,186.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 473 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,250$1,999$5,357$9,139$13,737

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,250 vs $13,737).

Of the 515 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 473 gave a usable cash price; 20 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 22 a list price only.

How complete is this

660 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (17%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 720 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted660
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here43
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded16
Hospitals that filed this code720

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Embolectomy and endarterectomy of lower limbs family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Emblc/Thrmbc Femoral Popliteal Aorto-Iliac Art.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Open removal of a clot from a thigh or groin artery (CPT 34201) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-34201-open-removal-of-a-clot-from-a-thigh-or-groin-artery