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Tying Off a Major Artery in the Chest

North Carolina 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?

$2,497

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,497 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $912 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$1,349 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$912$525 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $389 to $7,079Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $3,090
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $912professional $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
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$29,512.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,951.21
11 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
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$436.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$436.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$436.52

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 42nd of 51

$2,497

$1,585 physician + $912 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.