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CT-Guided Needle Placement

South 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $162 to $295.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $132 to $372
$200$500professional $209

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
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$131.83
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$173.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$338.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$169.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$169.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$245.47
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$131.83
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$173.78
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20

Where South 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.

South Dakota· 8th of 51

$209

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.