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Tying Off a Major Artery in the Neck

Florida 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?

$2,363

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,363 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$457$372 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$1,047 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $457 to $9,772Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $302 to $776
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,905professional $457

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
$645.65
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$645.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,047.13
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$11,748.98
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$467.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
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
$213.80
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$446.68

Where Florida 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

Florida· 25th of 51

$2,363

$457 physician + $1,905 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.