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Direct Repair of a Blood Vessel in the Chest

North Dakota 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?

$5,976

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,976 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,981 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$3,981$3,388 to $4,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,288 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,818Professionalmedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $5,129
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $3,981

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,466.84
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$7,762.47

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 21st of 51

$5,976

$3,981 physician + $1,995 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.