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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 October 2026.

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

$10,737

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,737 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,571 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 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$4,571$2,951 to $4,571
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$1,820 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $6,761
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $6,166professional $4,571

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,715.35
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,709.64
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 9.9 times more in Alabama 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· 2nd of 51

$10,737

$4,571 physician + $6,166 facility

AL $18,241MD $1,851

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.