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MRI Guidance For Needle Placement

Vermont rates for HCPCS 77021

This covers the use of real-time MRI imaging to help a physician precisely guide a needle to a specific location inside the body, such as for a biopsy, fluid sampling, or an injection. The magnetic resonance images let the physician see soft tissue detail and confirm the needle's position without using radiation. It is typically used together with the procedure it supports, such as a tissue sample collection or a targeted injection.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does MRI Guidance For Needle Placement cost?

$427

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $427 to $537.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $427 to $851
$500$1Kprofessional $427

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
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$177.83

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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· 46th of 51

$427

AK $1,413FL $355

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.