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Procedure price report · Other OR procedures on vessels of head and neck

Carotid artery tie-off with a gradual occlusion device

CPT 37606the billing code this page is about

Open neck surgery in which a clamp or similar device is placed on the internal carotid artery so blood flow is closed off slowly rather than all at once.

Hospitals typically charge $2,245 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 194 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,642. Most fall between $1,044 and $5,385 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
194
States
36
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 194 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$753$1,201$2,245$4,350$7,790

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($753 vs $7,790).

How the prices are spread

$555 – $723: 10 hospitals$555$723 – $942: 9 hospitals$942 – $1,226: 29 hospitals$942$1,226 – $1,597: 23 hospitals$1,597 – $2,080: 16 hospitals$1,597$2,080 – $2,708: 8 hospitals$2,708 – $3,527: 13 hospitals$2,708$3,527 – $4,593: 32 hospitals$4,593 – $5,982: 21 hospitals$4,593$5,982 – $7,790: 24 hospitals$5,982median $2,245price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (185 of 194 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$555$72310
$723$9429
$942$1,22629
$1,226$1,59723
$1,597$2,08016
$2,080$2,7088
$2,708$3,52713
$3,527$4,59332
$4,593$5,98221
$5,982$7,79024

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,226
Median cash price$2,245
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.70×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,245.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,044 across 11 hospitalsIL$1,044Wisconsin: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: median $3,725 across 20 hospitalsNY$3,725Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $1,343 across 10 hospitalsOR$1,343Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $1,694 across 14 hospitalsIA$1,694Indiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $4,555 across 10 hospitalsPA$4,555New Jersey: median $3,986 across 22 hospitalsNJ$3,986Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $7,790 across 21 hospitalsCA$7,790Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,201 across 12 hospitalsOK$1,201Louisiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceALGeorgia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,245. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA21$7,790+247%$7,790 – $7,790
Pennsylvania PA10$4,555+103%$2,245 – $5,931
New Jersey NJ22$3,986+78%$3,484 – $5,419
New York NY20$3,725+66%$1,744 – $3,725
Iowa IA14$1,694−25%$1,533 – $1,694
Oregon OR10$1,343−40%$1,343 – $1,370
Oklahoma OK12$1,201−46%$1,201 – $1,201
Illinois IL11$1,044−53%$1,044 – $1,694
Michigan MI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,245.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care171$2,636$1,084 – $5,385
Children’s5fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access18fewer than 20 hospitals
Ownership
For-profit16fewer than 20 hospitals
Government23$1,609$1,154 – $3,725
Non-profit155$2,519$1,044 – $5,385
System affiliation
Part of a system165$2,646$1,044 – $5,385
Independent29$1,587$937 – $3,596

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,117
Median cash price$2,245
Cash as a share of list, median hospital58%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 42%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

100 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,370 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,934; most fall between $1,044 and $6,778.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 100 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$627$1,044$1,370$4,516$7,790

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($627 vs $7,790).

Of the 117 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 100 gave a usable cash price; 15 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 2 a list price only.

How complete is this

194 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (5%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 216 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted194
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here19
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded2
Hospitals that filed this code216

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 5, 2026 and September 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR procedures on vessels of head and neck family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Lig Int/Common Carotid Art W/Gradual Occlusion.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Carotid artery tie-off with a gradual occlusion device (CPT 37606) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-37606-carotid-artery-tie-off-with-a-gradual-occlusion-device