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CT-Guided Needle Placement

Iowa 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $138 to $275.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $129 to $550
$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $174

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
$64.57
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$239.88
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$891.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$331.13
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$208.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$371.54
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$398.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$190.55
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$204.17
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$239.88
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$245.47
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$134.90
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$112.20

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 25th of 51

$174

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.