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CT-Guided Needle Placement

Illinois 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $141 to $240.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $123 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2Kprofessional $162

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
$74.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$151.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$281.84
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,202.26
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$660.69
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$676.08
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$165.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$91.20
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$74.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$269.15

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 42nd of 51

$162

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.