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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 July 2026.

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

$7,030

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,030 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$1,660$1,318 to $3,090
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$2,512 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $6,457
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $1,660

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
$1,659.59
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,090.30
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,467.37
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,548.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,388.44
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 11th of 50

$7,030

$1,660 physician + $5,370 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.