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Live X-Ray Guidance For Placing A Central Line

Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $85.11 to $126.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $55 to $186
$100$200professional $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
$93.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$37.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$120.23

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 19th 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.