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Tying Off a Major Artery in the Chest

Alaska rates for HCPCS 37616

Surgery that ties off a major artery inside the chest to stop or prevent serious bleeding, for example after a penetrating injury or when a vessel has ruptured. The vessel is exposed and closed with sutures or ties so blood no longer escapes from it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tying Off a Major Artery in the Chest cost?

$7,292

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,292 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,981 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$3,981$1,778 to $6,166
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,413 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $12,023Professionalmedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $7,244
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $3,981

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,715.35
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$8,511.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,309.57
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$8,511.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,918.31

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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

Alaska· 10th of 50

$7,292

$3,981 physician + $3,311 facility

IN $11,463MD $1,979

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.