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Live X-Ray Guidance For Placing A Central Line

Minnesota 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $120 to $257.

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 $182 · 10th to 90th $91 to $347
$100$200$500professional $182

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
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$245.47
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$134.90
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$234.42
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$40.74
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$190.55
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$97.72
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$263.03

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$182

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.