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Tying Off a Major Artery in the Chest

Rhode Island 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?

$2,716

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,716 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,514$1,288 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$575 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $372 to $6,457Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $2,239
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $1,514

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
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 35th of 51

$2,716

$1,514 physician + $1,202 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.