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Tying Off a Major Artery to Stop Bleeding

Minnesota 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?

$5,573

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,573 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,754 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$2,754$2,188 to $3,890
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,995 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $7,244Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $5,129
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $2,754

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
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$14,791.08
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,011.87
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,495.41
7 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 18th of 51

$5,573

$2,754 physician + $2,818 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.