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Direct Repair of a Blood Vessel in the Chest

Iowa 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?

$7,094

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,094 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,074 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,074$2,951 to $5,129
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,514 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,607Professionalmedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $6,310
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $4,074

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
$3,235.94
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,623.41
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,754.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,317.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,623.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,456.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 15th of 51

$7,094

$4,074 physician + $3,020 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.