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Tying Off a Major Artery to Stop Bleeding

Ohio 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?

$1,877

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,877 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$355 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$776 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $479 to $6,166Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $295 to $631
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,479professional $398

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
$660.69
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$389.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$85.11
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$794.33
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$851.14
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$489.78
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,174.90
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
$213.80
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$977.24

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 27th of 51

$1,877

$398 physician + $1,479 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.