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Tying Off a Major Artery in the Chest

Georgia 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?

$5,404

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,404 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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$1,514$1,230 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$1,905 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $7,244Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $2,344
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $1,514

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
$1,479.11
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,606.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,089.30
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 20th of 50

$5,404

$1,514 physician + $3,890 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.