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Live X-ray Guidance For A Needle Procedure

South Dakota 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 October 2026.

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

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $178 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$204$132 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$174 to $214

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $110 to $676Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $93 to $275
$100$200$500facility $178professional $204

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$77.62
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$186.21
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$251.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$218.78
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$51.29
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$151.36
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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.

South Dakota· 9th of 51

$204

AK $355NY $79.43

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.