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CT-Guided Needle Placement

Kentucky 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $135 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $129 to $417
$100$200$500professional $155

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
$67.61
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$213.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$120.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$100.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$239.88
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$457.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$239.88

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 46th of 51

$155

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.