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Tying Off a Major Artery in the Neck

Missouri 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?

$2,687

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,687 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$692$575 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,096 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $447 to $6,607Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,660
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $692

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
$630.96
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$870.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,047.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$165.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,584.89
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
$269.15
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$467.74

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 20th of 51

$2,687

$692 physician + $1,995 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.