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CT-Guided Needle Placement

North Dakota 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $148 to $288.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $132 to $324
$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $204

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
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$218.78

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 10th of 51

$204

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.