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CT-Guided Needle Placement

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 77012

This is the use of CT scanning to guide a needle precisely to a target inside the body during a procedure such as a biopsy, fluid drainage, or injection. It provides cross-sectional imaging in real time so the clinician can confirm the needle is positioned accurately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does CT-Guided Needle Placement cost?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $132 to $214.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $120 to $339
$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $151

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
$61.66
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$109.65
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$776.25
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$95.50
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$302.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$323.59
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$151.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$380.19

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Alaska than in West Virginia. 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.

Washington, DC· 47th of 51

$151

AK $331WV $141

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.