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Clearing A Sheath Around A Central Catheter

Louisiana 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $219 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$229$141 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$219$191 to $275

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $162 to $302Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $107 to $282
$50$100$200facility $219professional $229

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
$229.09
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$218.78
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$245.47
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
$102.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$204.17

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 27th of 51

$229

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.