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CT-Guided Needle Placement

Minnesota 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $182 to $363.

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 $257 · 10th to 90th $148 to $457
$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $257

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
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
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
$52.48
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$263.03
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$537.03
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$371.54
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$158.49
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$173.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$251.19

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$257

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.