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Tying Off a Major Artery in the Chest

Colorado 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?

$7,751

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,751 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,585$1,318 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$2,239 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $891 to $12,589Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $2,512
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,166professional $1,585

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
$2,570.40
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,786.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,187.76
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,630.27
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,238.72
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,754.23
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
$616.60
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 4th of 51

$7,751

$1,585 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.