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CT-Guided Needle Placement

Missouri 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 Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $148 to $275.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $129 to $741
$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
$74.13
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$295.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$114.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$131.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$213.80

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 27th 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.