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Tying Off a Major Artery to Stop Bleeding

Minnesota 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?

$1,809

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,809 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 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$832$661 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$646 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $417 to $3,311Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $977professional $832

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
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,621.81
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,513.56
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
7 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$831.76

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 28th of 51

$1,809

$832 physician + $977 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.