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Tying Off a Major Artery in the Chest

Idaho 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?

$2,927

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,927 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,950$1,514 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$676 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $550 to $5,623Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $3,311
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $977professional $1,950

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,819.70
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,311.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,344.23
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,047.13
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,344.23
9 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
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$309.03

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 32nd of 51

$2,927

$1,950 physician + $977 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.