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Clearing A Sheath Around A Central Catheter

Alabama rates for HCPCS 75901

Removal of the sleeve of clot-like material that can build up around the outside of a long-term intravenous catheter and stop it working. Working under X-ray guidance through a puncture in a separate vein, a snare or similar device strips the sleeve away, and the imaging is supervised and interpreted by a radiologist.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Clearing A Sheath Around A Central Catheter cost?

$263

Typical physician fee. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $195 to $263.

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 $263 · 10th to 90th $263 to $263Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $155 to $275
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $263professional $209

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$199.53
3 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
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Alabama· 22nd of 51

$263

AK $661KY $155

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.