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Live X-Ray Guidance For Placing A Central Line

Massachusetts 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $97.72 to $200.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $68 to $309
$50$100$200$500professional $120

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
$13.80
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$158.49
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$660.69
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$114.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$251.19
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$208.93
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$269.15
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$47.86
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$223.87
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$141.25
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$660.69
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$114.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$245.47

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 14th of 51

$120

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.