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Tying Off a Major Artery to Stop Bleeding

Connecticut 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?

$8,497

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,497 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,188 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,310 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$2,188$1,862 to $2,570
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$3,090 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $891 to $12,303Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $3,162
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,310professional $2,188

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,019.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,905.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,388.44
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,570.88
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 4th of 51

$8,497

$2,188 physician + $6,310 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.