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Tying Off a Major Artery in the Chest

Arizona 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?

$5,525

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,525 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$1,259$1,230 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$2,089 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $4,786
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $1,259

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,442.29
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$23,442.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 19th of 50

$5,525

$1,259 physician + $4,266 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.