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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 October 2026.

How much does CT-Guided Needle Placement cost?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $100 to $182.

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

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $126 to $245Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $85 to $251
$100$200$500facility $155professional $135

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$128.82
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$181.97
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$194.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$213.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$104.71
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$239.88
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$199.53
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$104.71
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$95.50
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 5.9 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Maryland· 45th of 51

$135

AK $447UT $75.86

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.