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Tying Off a Major Artery in the Neck

Connecticut 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?

$4,299

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,299 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$661 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,096 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $575 to $6,166Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $832

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
$4,365.16
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,128.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$186.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,318.26
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,778.28
6 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
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 6th of 51

$4,299

$832 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.