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Live X-Ray Guidance For Placing A Central Line

Louisiana 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?

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $87.10 to $117.

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 $105 · 10th to 90th $68 to $145
$100$200professional $105

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
$20.89
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$120.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$107.15
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$117.49

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 36th of 51

$105

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.