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Tying Off a Major Artery in the Neck

Ohio 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?

$1,839

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,839 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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$490$427 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$631 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $490 to $5,248Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $363 to $776
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $490

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
$891.25
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$10,232.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$125.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$107.15
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,122.02
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$602.56
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,513.56
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
$281.84
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 33rd of 51

$1,839

$490 physician + $1,349 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.