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Live X-Ray Guidance For Placing A Central Line

Iowa rates for HCPCS 77001

This describes the use of real-time X-ray imaging, known as fluoroscopy, to help a clinician guide a catheter into a large vein and confirm it is positioned correctly. It is used alongside a separate procedure to place, exchange, or remove this type of catheter, not as a standalone visit.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Live X-Ray Guidance For Placing A Central Line cost?

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $89.13 to $158.

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 $107 · 10th to 90th $78 to $309
$20$50$100$200$500professional $107

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
$15.85
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$239.88
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$288.40
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$151.36
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$177.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$114.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$549.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$346.74
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$173.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$281.84
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$331.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$61.66
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$269.15
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$181.97
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$194.98
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$128.82
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$162.18

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.9 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Iowa· 25th of 51

$107

AK $245TX $85.11

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.