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Tying Off a Major Artery in the Chest

South Dakota 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?

$3,901

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,901 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,905 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,905$1,122 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,549 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $4,365Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $3,090
$1K$2Kfacility $1,995professional $1,905

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$8,128.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,511.89
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,951.21
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 37th of 50

$3,901

$1,905 physician + $1,995 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.