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Direct Repair of a Blood Vessel in the Chest

Illinois 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?

$4,758

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,758 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,020 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$3,020$2,399 to $3,388
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$708 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $513 to $15,136Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $4,467
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $3,020

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
$933.25
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$24,547.09
Typical High
$48,977.88
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,073.80
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,413.10
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,019.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,897.79
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
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 30th of 51

$4,758

$3,020 physician + $1,738 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.