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Tying Off a Major Artery in the Neck

Indiana 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?

$3,343

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,343 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$525$468 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,000 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $537 to $8,318Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $427 to $813
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $525

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
$588.84
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$131.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$107.15
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$977.24
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,570.88
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
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
$263.03
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$467.74

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 12th of 51

$3,343

$525 physician + $2,818 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.