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Direct Repair of a Blood Vessel in the Chest

Pennsylvania 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?

$3,139

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,139 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,344 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,344$2,042 to $2,884
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$479 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $240 to $6,310Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $3,981
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $794professional $2,344

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
$831.76
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,168.69
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,265.80
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,311.31
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,511.89
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,981.07
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,265.80
11 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
$1,122.02
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$251.19
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,025.60
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$501.19
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$251.19

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 46th of 51

$3,139

$2,344 physician + $794 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.