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Tying Off a Major Artery to Stop Bleeding

Nevada 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?

$2,685

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,685 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$447$380 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$708 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $437 to $5,495Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $331 to $676
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $447

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
$436.52
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,495.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$645.65
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$630.96
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$537.03
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
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
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 15th of 51

$2,685

$447 physician + $2,239 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.