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Imaging Guidance for a Biopsy Taken Through a Blood Vessel

Montana rates for HCPCS 75970

This covers the imaging guidance and interpretation used when a tissue sample is taken through a catheter placed inside a blood vessel, rather than through a needle inserted directly into the body. The imaging helps the doctor guide the catheter to the correct location and confirm the sample is taken from the right area. This technique can be used to sample tissue from organs that are difficult or risky to reach with a standard needle biopsy.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Imaging Guidance for a Biopsy Taken Through a Blood Vessel cost?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $603 from a physician practice, and about $708 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$603$479 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$676 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,318Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $437 to $794
$500$1K$2Kfacility $708professional $603

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$812.83
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$660.69
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$60.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$891.25

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 16.6 times more in Wisconsin than in Oregon. 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.

Montana· 15th of 51

$646

WI $1,202OR $72.44

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.