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Tying Off a Major Artery in the Chest

Pennsylvania 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?

$2,083

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,083 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,288$1,122 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$479 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $240 to $6,310Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $2,089
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $794professional $1,288

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
$831.76
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,290.87
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,862.09
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,548.13
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,071.52
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
10 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
$588.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$199.53
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 46th of 51

$2,083

$1,288 physician + $794 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.