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Tying Off a Major Artery in the Neck

Alaska rates for HCPCS 37615

Ties off a major blood vessel in the neck to stop life-threatening bleeding, most often after a penetrating injury or when a diseased vessel has ruptured. The vessel is exposed through a neck incision and closed with a ligature so blood can no longer escape through it. It is a bleeding-control measure used when repairing the vessel is not possible or not safe.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tying Off a Major Artery in the Neck cost?

$5,557

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,557 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,089 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$2,089$1,380 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$2,512 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $12,023Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $550 to $2,884
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $2,089

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
$2,818.38
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,737.80
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,073.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,467.37
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,073.80
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$12,882.50
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,162.28

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Alaska than in West Virginia. 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

Alaska· 1st of 51

$5,557

$2,089 physician + $3,467 facility

AK $5,557WV $1,144

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.