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Clearing A Sheath Around A Central Catheter

Virginia 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $214 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$240$200 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$214$64.57 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $26 to $1,023Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $123 to $363
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $214professional $240

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
$177.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$316.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$29.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$281.84
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$288.40
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$323.59
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$977.24
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$562.34
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$54.95
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$323.59
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
$89.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$181.97

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 26th of 51

$240

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.