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Tying Off a Major Artery in the Chest

Ohio 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?

$2,576

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,576 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,096$741 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$794 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $490 to $6,166Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $83 to $1,660
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $1,096

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
$1,230.27
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$10,232.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,737.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$281.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,398.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,380.38
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,311.31
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$245.47

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 38th of 51

$2,576

$1,096 physician + $1,479 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.