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CT-Guided Needle Placement

New Jersey 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $138 to $186.

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 $162 · 10th to 90th $129 to $295
$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $162

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
$47.86
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$218.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$120.23
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$309.03
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$204.17
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$109.65
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$95.50
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$281.84
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$117.49
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$218.78

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 43rd of 51

$162

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.