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Tying Off a Major Artery to Stop Bleeding

Arizona rates for HCPCS 37618

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?

$2,205

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,205 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$427$380 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$813 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $174 to $6,607Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $355 to $2,951
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $427

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$691.83
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
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 6.7 times more in Colorado than in Arkansas. 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

Arizona· 22nd of 51

$2,205

$427 physician + $1,778 facility

CO $6,451AR $969

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.