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Direct Repair of a Blood Vessel in the Chest

Mississippi 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?

$3,182

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,182 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,291 to the doctor who performs it, and $891 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$2,291$2,089 to $3,715
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$891$562 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,630Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $9,550
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $891professional $2,291

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
$758.58
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,549.93
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,467.37
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,128.61
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
$1,047.13
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 45th of 51

$3,182

$2,291 physician + $891 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.