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CT-Guided Needle Placement

Vermont 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $129 to $195.

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 $174 · 10th to 90th $129 to $269
$200$500professional $174

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$275.42
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$363.08
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$295.12

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 32nd of 51

$174

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.