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CT-Guided Needle Placement

Virginia 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $141 to $240.

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 $170 · 10th to 90th $126 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2Kprofessional $170

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
$61.66
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$234.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$141.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$147.91
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$602.56
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$131.83
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$302.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$204.17
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$97.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$109.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$316.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$151.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$229.09
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$389.05
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$134.90
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$302.00

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 38th of 51

$170

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.