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Tying Off a Major Artery in the Chest

Iowa 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?

$4,856

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,856 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,512 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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$2,512$1,660 to $2,951
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,514 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,607Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $3,388
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $2,512

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
$1,819.70
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,090.30
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,818.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,365.16
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,019.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 8th of 51

$4,856

$2,512 physician + $2,344 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.