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Tying Off a Major Artery to Stop Bleeding

Michigan 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?

$6,790

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,790 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,778 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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$1,778$1,445 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$1,950 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $2,138
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,012professional $1,778

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
$1,862.09
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,912.51
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,344.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,187.76
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
12 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
$741.31
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,380.38
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 10th of 51

$6,790

$1,778 physician + $5,012 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.