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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 October 2026.

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

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $295 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$316$229 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$209 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $31 to $575Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $37 to $8,913
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $295professional $316

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
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$489.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$870.96
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$8,912.51
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$1,148.15
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$8,128.31
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$724.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$380.19
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$380.19
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$645.65
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$63.10
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$588.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$870.96
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$8,912.51
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$1,148.15
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$501.19
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$380.19
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$38.90
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$389.05
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$147.91
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$457.09

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 15th of 51

$316

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.