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Live X-Ray Guidance For Placing A Central Line

Michigan 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?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $100 to $151.

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 $115 · 10th to 90th $81 to $186
$100$200$500professional $115

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
$21.38
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$144.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$27.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$218.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$43.65
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$204.17
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$37.15
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$162.18
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$181.97
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$31.62
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$141.25

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 23rd of 51

$115

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.