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Tying Off a Major Artery to Stop Bleeding

Rhode Island 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?

$4,974

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,974 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,738 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,738$1,549 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,202 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $813 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $2,754
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $1,738

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
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 26th of 51

$4,974

$1,738 physician + $3,236 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.