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

Tie-off of a major artery in the chest

CPT 37616the billing code this page is about

Open surgery to tie shut a major artery inside the chest, typically after injury or to control bleeding.

Hospitals typically charge $1,933 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 203 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,122. Most fall between $1,195 and $3,786 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
203
States
41
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 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 203 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
$1,102$1,256$1,933$3,117$4,932

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,102 vs $4,932).

How the prices are spread

$781 – $965: 9 hospitals$781$965 – $1,192: 22 hospitals$1,192 – $1,473: 17 hospitals$1,192$1,473 – $1,820: 24 hospitals$1,820 – $2,249: 40 hospitals$1,820$2,249 – $2,779: 22 hospitals$2,779 – $3,434: 14 hospitals$2,779$3,434 – $4,243: 14 hospitals$4,243 – $5,243: 15 hospitals$4,243$5,243 – $6,479: 7 hospitals$5,243median $1,933price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (184 of 203 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$781$9659
$965$1,19222
$1,192$1,47317
$1,473$1,82024
$1,820$2,24940
$2,249$2,77922
$2,779$3,43414
$3,434$4,24314
$4,243$5,24315
$5,243$6,4797

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,933.

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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 2 hospitals 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,830 across 11 hospitalsIL$1,830Wisconsin: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $1,184 across 23 hospitalsMI$1,184New York: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNYMassachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 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 $2,702 across 15 hospitalsIA$2,702Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $4,414 across 10 hospitalsOH$4,414Pennsylvania: median $915 across 13 hospitalsPA$915New Jersey: median $5,110 across 13 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,795 across 10 hospitalsMO$1,795Kentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNCSouth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,838 across 10 hospitalsOK$1,838Louisiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,933. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ13$5,110+164%$3,986 – $5,855
Ohio OH10$4,414+128%$1,696 – $4,932
Iowa IA15$2,702+40%$2,702 – $2,702
Oklahoma OK10$1,838−5%$1,838 – $1,838
Illinois IL11$1,830−5%$872 – $2,702
Missouri MO10$1,795−7%$1,560 – $2,114
Michigan MI23$1,184−39%$1,103 – $2,138
Pennsylvania PA13$915−53%$700 – $1,269
New York NY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
California CA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC1not 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 $1,933.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care161$1,895$1,184 – $3,786
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access33$1,854$1,144 – $3,504
Ownership
For-profit15fewer than 20 hospitals
Government29$2,303$1,222 – $3,614
Non-profit158$1,895$1,195 – $3,986
System affiliation
Part of a system158$1,895$1,144 – $3,842
Independent45$2,138$1,340 – $3,584

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,375
Median cash price$1,933
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

129 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,895 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,035; most fall between $1,205 and $2,791.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 129 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
$1,066$1,452$1,895$2,702$4,000

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 3.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,066 vs $4,000).

Of the 153 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 129 gave a usable cash price; 19 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 5 a list price only.

How complete is this

203 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 248 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted203
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here28
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 — excluded16
Hospitals that filed this code248

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

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

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Ligation Major Artery Chest.

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, “Tie-off of a major artery in the chest (CPT 37616) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-37616-tie-off-of-a-major-artery-in-the-chest