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Tying Off a Major Artery in the Neck

New Jersey 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?

$2,814

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,814 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$575$490 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,479 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $741 to $6,918Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $575

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
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,288.25
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$12,882.50
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$575.44
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
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$426.58

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 19th of 51

$2,814

$575 physician + $2,239 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.