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Direct Repair of a Blood Vessel in the Chest

Minnesota 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?

$7,754

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,754 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,365 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$4,365$3,388 to $6,310
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$2,188 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $8,913Professionalmedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $8,128
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,388professional $4,365

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
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$20,892.96
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,511.38
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,943.28
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,511.38
12 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$19,498.45
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 13th of 51

$7,754

$4,365 physician + $3,388 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.