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Direct Repair of a Blood Vessel in the Chest

Louisiana 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?

$6,774

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,774 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,884 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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 $3,388
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$851 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $490 to $8,318Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $3,802
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $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
$676.08
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,801.89
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,168.69
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
$1,202.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 17th of 51

$6,774

$2,884 physician + $3,890 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.