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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 July 2026.

How much does Tying Off a Major Artery in the Chest cost?

$6,629

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,629 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$1,259$1,175 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$1,585 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $1,950
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $1,259

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
$1,318.26
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,584.89
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,862.09
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,388.44
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,818.38
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,071.52
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 12th of 50

$6,629

$1,259 physician + $5,370 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.