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Clearing A Sheath Around A Central Catheter

Kentucky 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $182 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$145$123 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$145 to $200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $33 to $355Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $115 to $871
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $182professional $145

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$194.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$316.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$549.54
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$239.88
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,000.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$245.47
2 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$42.66

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$155

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.