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Tying Off a Major Artery in the Chest

Utah 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?

$5,048

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,048 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$1,660$1,380 to $2,754
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$2,138 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $6,026Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $3,388
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $1,660

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
$1,659.59
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,162.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,495.41
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,754.23
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Utah 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

Utah· 25th of 50

$5,048

$1,660 physician + $3,388 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.