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Catheter X-Ray Study Of Head And Neck Veins

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 75860

A thin catheter is threaded into a jugular vein in the neck or into the venous sinuses inside the skull, contrast dye is injected through it, and X-ray pictures are taken as the dye passes through. The images show narrowing, clot or other obstruction in the channels that drain blood away from the brain. Taking those images and interpreting them are part of this service.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Catheter X-Ray Study Of Head And Neck Veins cost?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 from a hospital or other facility.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$155$120 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$1,023 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $380 to $6,026Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $81 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,467professional $155

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
$147.91
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$95.50
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$407.38
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$134.90

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Louisiana· 36th of 51

$162

AK $389TX $95.50

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.