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Tying Off a Major Artery in the Chest

Minnesota 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?

$4,537

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,537 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,399 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$2,399$1,950 to $3,311
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$1,202 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $5,129Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $4,365
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $2,399

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
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,677.35
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,365.16
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,570.88
7 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 10th of 51

$4,537

$2,399 physician + $2,138 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.