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Tying Off a Major Artery to Stop Bleeding

Iowa 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?

$1,948

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,948 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$851$589 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$708 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,607Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,175
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,096professional $851

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
$616.60
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,071.52
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,071.52
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,202.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$912.01

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 25th of 51

$1,948

$851 physician + $1,096 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.