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Tying Off a Major Artery to Stop Bleeding

Kentucky 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?

$1,185

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,185 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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$427$380 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$513 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $380 to $7,244Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $324 to $708
$100$1K$10Kfacility $759professional $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
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$9,120.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$79.43
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$575.44
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,041.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$758.58
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
$194.98
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$398.11

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 47th of 51

$1,185

$427 physician + $759 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.