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CT-Guided Needle Placement

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $148 to $282.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $120 to $417
$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
$42.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$218.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,445.44
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$436.52
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$302.00
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$213.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$338.84
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$177.83
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$158.49
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$151.36
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,445.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$436.52
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$251.19

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 26th 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.