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Direct Repair of a Blood Vessel in the Chest

Nebraska 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?

$7,502

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,502 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,266 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$4,266$3,090 to $4,786
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$676 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $537 to $26,915Professionalmedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $5,623
$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $4,266

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
$1,949.84
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18,620.87
Median
$25,118.86
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$15,135.61
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,165.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,623.41

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 14th of 51

$7,502

$4,266 physician + $3,236 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.