go back

Clearing A Sheath Around A Central Catheter

Maryland 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?

$209

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $166 to $257.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $23 to $347
$50$100$200$500professional $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
$204.17
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$204.17
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$257.04
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.12
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$457.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$446.68
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$45.71
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$575.44
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$389.05
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$35.48
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$354.81
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
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$181.97

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 39th of 51

$209

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.