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X-Ray Guidance For Catheter Drug Infusion

California rates for HCPCS 75896

The imaging half of delivering medication directly into a target blood vessel through a catheter: X-ray pictures are taken to steer the tube into position and confirm where the drug is going, and a radiologist supervises the study and writes the interpretation. The work of placing the catheter and giving the medication is billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does X-Ray Guidance For Catheter Drug Infusion cost?

$1,820

Typical physician fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,820 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,202 to $7,586.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $347 to $3,162Professionalmedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $7,586
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $7,586

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,754.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,778.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where California sits

The same service costs 74.1 times more in Massachusetts than in Alaska. 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.

California· 9th of 34

$1,820

MA $7,586AK $102

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.