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Tying Off a Major Artery to Stop Bleeding

Alaska rates for HCPCS 37617

Closes a large artery with a suture so blood no longer flows through it. Through an incision the surgeon exposes the vessel and ties it shut, most often to control severe bleeding after an injury or a rupture, or when the vessel is infected and cannot be repaired. Blood then reaches the tissue beyond through smaller neighbouring vessels.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tying Off a Major Artery to Stop Bleeding cost?

$13,376

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13,376 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,248 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,128 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$5,248$2,138 to $5,248
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,128$6,761 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,128 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $14,791Professionalmedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $7,413
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $8,128professional $5,248

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$25,118.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,466.84
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$10,471.29
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,585.78
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$25,118.86
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,128.31

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.6 times more in Alabama than in Kentucky. 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

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$13,376

$5,248 physician + $8,128 facility

AL $18,462KY $2,797

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.