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CT-Guided Needle Placement

Tennessee 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $129 to $363
$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $195

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
$77.62
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$251.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$281.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$269.15
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$245.47

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 12th of 51

$195

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.