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Direct Repair of a Blood Vessel in the Chest

Georgia rates for HCPCS 35216

Repairs a torn, cut, or damaged blood vessel inside the chest by stitching the vessel wall itself back together, rather than replacing the damaged length with a graft. The chest is opened to expose and control the vessel. It is most often needed after an injury or when a vessel is damaged during another operation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Direct Repair of a Blood Vessel in the Chest cost?

$4,032

Typical total for the visit. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,032 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,884 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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$2,884$2,344 to $3,548
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$631 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $513 to $7,413Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $5,129
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,148professional $2,884

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,754.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$9,772.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,918.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$776.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,918.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,079.46
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 7.2 times more in Alabama than in Washington. 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

Georgia· 39th of 51

$4,032

$2,884 physician + $1,148 facility

AL $19,737WA $2,745

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.