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Tying Off a Major Artery in the Chest

Missouri 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?

$5,330

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,330 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,349 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$1,349$1,202 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$2,512 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $2,512
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $1,349

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
$1,348.96
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$11,481.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 21st of 50

$5,330

$1,349 physician + $3,981 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.