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CT-Guided Needle Placement

Maryland 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 Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $132 to $263.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $126 to $617
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0Kprofessional $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
$38.02
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$218.78
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$186.21
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$97.72
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$309.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$194.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$102.33
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$239.88
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$199.53
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$104.71
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$95.50

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Alaska than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Maryland $162 · 44th of 51
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.