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Tying Off a Major Artery in the Chest

Tennessee 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?

$3,968

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,968 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,514$1,230 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,995 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $6,026Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $3,388
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $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
$1,819.70
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,398.83
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 35th of 50

$3,968

$1,514 physician + $2,455 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.