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Live X-ray Guidance For A Needle Procedure

Iowa rates for HCPCS 77002

Real-time X-ray imaging is used to help guide a needle to the exact right spot during another procedure, such as taking a tissue sample, draining fluid, or injecting medication. It is always billed together with the main procedure it is guiding, not on its own.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Live X-ray Guidance For A Needle Procedure cost?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $288 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$120$89.13 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$288$178 to $389

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $102 to $794Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $68 to $537
$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0Kfacility $288professional $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
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$263.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$363.08
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$177.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$169.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$588.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$302.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$95.50
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$229.09
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$389.05
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$89.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$295.12
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$177.83
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$239.88
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$128.82
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$186.21

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 8.9 times more in West Virginia than in Rhode Island. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Iowa $132 · 29th of 51
WV $676RI $75.86

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.