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Tying Off a Major Artery in the Chest

Kansas 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?

$2,632

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,632 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,585$1,380 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$550 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $151 to $5,623Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $2,399
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,047professional $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
$1,949.84
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,398.83
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
$691.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 36th of 51

$2,632

$1,585 physician + $1,047 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.