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Clearing A Sheath Around A Central Catheter

Massachusetts 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 July 2026.

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

$275

Typical physician fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $200 to $525.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $141 to $646
$50$200$1K$5Kprofessional $275

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$575.44
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$295.12
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$8,912.51
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$776.25
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$380.19
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$616.60
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$295.12
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$691.83

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Massachusetts· 14th of 51

$275

AK $661FL $158

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.