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Tying Off a Major Artery in the Chest

South 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 July 2026.

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

$5,315

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,315 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,514$1,072 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,514 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $22,909Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,570
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $1,514

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
$1,513.56
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,019.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 22nd of 50

$5,315

$1,514 physician + $3,802 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.