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Tying Off a Major Artery to Stop Bleeding

Colorado 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?

$6,451

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,451 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$468 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$1,660 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $759 to $12,589Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $427 to $891
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $562

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
$575.44
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,995.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$758.58
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$933.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$776.25
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99
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
$223.87
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$407.38

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 1st of 51

$6,451

$562 physician + $5,888 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.