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Clearing A Sheath Around A Central Catheter

Tennessee 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?

$204

Typical physician fee. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $178 to $324.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $191 to $537Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $138 to $8,913
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $380professional $204

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
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$316.23
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$8,912.51
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$316.23
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
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$223.87

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 43rd of 51

$204

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.