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Tying Off a Major Artery in the Neck

Rhode Island 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?

$2,137

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,137 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$692$589 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$631 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $389 to $4,266Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,096
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $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
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 28th of 51

$2,137

$692 physician + $1,445 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.