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Temporal Artery Ligation or Biopsy

Wyoming rates for HCPCS 37609

This procedure involves tying off or removing a small piece of the temporal artery, a blood vessel that runs along the side of the head near the temple. It is most often performed to obtain a tissue sample when a condition called giant cell (temporal) arteritis is suspected, an inflammatory condition affecting arteries that can threaten vision if untreated. It can also be done to control bleeding from this vessel.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Temporal Artery Ligation or Biopsy cost?

$2,300

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,300 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$468 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$1,445 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $1,820Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $347 to $813
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,738professional $562

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
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Wyoming sits

The same service costs 6.1 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Wyoming· 12th of 51

$2,300

$562 physician + $1,738 facility

CO $4,737MT $778

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.