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CT-Guided Needle Placement

Maine 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $891 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$174$155 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$174 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,318Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $91 to $282
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $891professional $174

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
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$114.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$263.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$131.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$269.15
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$257.04
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$128.82
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$144.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$218.78
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$112.20
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$151.36
2 more rates 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
$123.03
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 26th of 51

$174

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.