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Procedure price report · Other CT scan

CT guidance for needle placement, such as a biopsy

CPT 77012the billing code this page is about

Computed tomography imaging used to guide a needle to the right spot for a biopsy, aspiration, injection or drainage; covers the guidance only, not the needle procedure.

Hospitals typically charge $1,252 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,700 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,293. Most fall between $560 and $2,376 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,700
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,700 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$342$670$1,252$2,068$3,593

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($342 vs $3,593).

How the prices are spread

$195 – $271: 70 hospitals$195$271 – $376: 108 hospitals$376 – $522: 175 hospitals$376$522 – $725: 265 hospitals$725 – $1,007: 367 hospitals$725$1,007 – $1,399: 370 hospitals$1,399 – $1,942: 478 hospitals$1,399$1,942 – $2,697: 311 hospitals$2,697 – $3,746: 170 hospitals$2,697$3,746 – $5,202: 117 hospitals$3,746median $1,252price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,431 of 2,700 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$195$27170
$271$376108
$376$522175
$522$725265
$725$1,007367
$1,007$1,399370
$1,399$1,942478
$1,942$2,697311
$2,697$3,746170
$3,746$5,202117

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,252.

Alaska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $717 across 20 hospitalsME$717Vermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $1,221 across 18 hospitalsNH$1,221Washington: median $1,515 across 52 hospitalsWA$1,515Idaho: median $1,309 across 19 hospitalsID$1,309Montana: median $1,330 across 10 hospitalsMT$1,330North Dakota: median $837 across 13 hospitalsND$837Minnesota: median $1,165 across 67 hospitalsMN$1,165Illinois: median $1,880 across 114 hospitalsIL$1,880Wisconsin: median $1,161 across 95 hospitalsWI$1,161Michigan: median $771 across 76 hospitalsMI$771New York: median $902 across 95 hospitalsNY$902Massachusetts: median $940 across 49 hospitalsMA$940Oregon: median $768 across 38 hospitalsOR$768Nevada: median $1,278 across 16 hospitalsNV$1,278Wyoming: median $876 across 12 hospitalsWY$876South Dakota: median $1,926 across 13 hospitalsSD$1,926Iowa: median $1,263 across 49 hospitalsIA$1,263Indiana: median $648 across 79 hospitalsIN$648Ohio: median $1,425 across 131 hospitalsOH$1,425Pennsylvania: median $1,264 across 92 hospitalsPA$1,264New Jersey: median $831 across 43 hospitalsNJ$831Connecticut: median $874 across 20 hospitalsCT$874Rhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,934 across 201 hospitalsCA$1,934Utah: median $1,686 across 36 hospitalsUT$1,686Colorado: median $1,227 across 59 hospitalsCO$1,227Nebraska: median $1,414 across 43 hospitalsNE$1,414Missouri: median $1,151 across 62 hospitalsMO$1,151Kentucky: median $1,015 across 50 hospitalsKY$1,015West Virginia: median $1,007 across 29 hospitalsWV$1,007Virginia: median $1,387 across 62 hospitalsVA$1,387Maryland: median $96 across 30 hospitalsMD$96Delaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $948 across 46 hospitalsAZ$948New Mexico: median $1,215 across 20 hospitalsNM$1,215Kansas: median $1,084 across 48 hospitalsKS$1,084Arkansas: median $384 across 24 hospitalsAR$384Tennessee: median $567 across 70 hospitalsTN$567North Carolina: median $1,187 across 84 hospitalsNC$1,187South Carolina: median $1,474 across 48 hospitalsSC$1,474Oklahoma: median $831 across 43 hospitalsOK$831Louisiana: median $710 across 45 hospitalsLA$710Mississippi: median $765 across 39 hospitalsMS$765Alabama: median $974 across 35 hospitalsAL$974Georgia: median $980 across 89 hospitalsGA$980Hawaii: median $971 across 15 hospitalsHI$971Texas: median $1,665 across 206 hospitalsTX$1,665Florida: median $2,504 across 165 hospitalsFL$2,504
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,252. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL165$2,504+100%$957 – $9,987
California CA201$1,934+54%$1,179 – $3,607
South Dakota SD13$1,926+54%$1,926 – $2,318
Illinois IL114$1,880+50%$979 – $2,842
Utah UT36$1,686+35%$1,252 – $1,686
Texas TX206$1,665+33%$974 – $4,110
Washington WA52$1,515+21%$484 – $1,915
South Carolina SC48$1,474+18%$560 – $2,117
Ohio OH131$1,425+14%$868 – $2,115
Nebraska NE43$1,414+13%$738 – $2,280
Virginia VA62$1,387+11%$842 – $2,029
Montana MT10$1,330+6%$960 – $1,586
Idaho ID19$1,309+5%$948 – $1,760
Nevada NV16$1,278+2%$436 – $2,023
Pennsylvania PA92$1,264+1%$619 – $2,480
Iowa IA49$1,263+1%$573 – $1,811
Colorado CO59$1,227−2%$752 – $1,939
New Hampshire NH18$1,221−2%$873 – $3,093
New Mexico NM20$1,215−3%$475 – $1,710
North Carolina NC84$1,187−5%$659 – $1,693
Minnesota MN67$1,165−7%$460 – $1,624
Wisconsin WI95$1,161−7%$577 – $1,498
Missouri MO62$1,151−8%$818 – $2,287
Kansas KS48$1,084−13%$594 – $1,922
Kentucky KY50$1,015−19%$529 – $2,839
West Virginia WV29$1,007−20%$280 – $1,399
Georgia GA89$980−22%$635 – $2,374
Alabama AL35$974−22%$478 – $1,318
Hawaii HI15$971−22%$596 – $1,225
Arizona AZ46$948−24%$298 – $5,092
Massachusetts MA49$940−25%$212 – $1,596
New York NY95$902−28%$285 – $2,626
Wyoming WY12$876−30%$675 – $1,633
Connecticut CT20$874−30%$200 – $2,030
North Dakota ND13$837−33%$367 – $1,427
Oklahoma OK43$831−34%$439 – $1,749
New Jersey NJ43$831−34%$440 – $2,536
Michigan MI76$771−38%$293 – $1,727
Oregon OR38$768−39%$237 – $1,671
Mississippi MS39$765−39%$427 – $1,079
Maine ME20$717−43%$347 – $1,162
Louisiana LA45$710−43%$325 – $1,395
Indiana IN79$648−48%$335 – $1,418
Tennessee TN70$567−55%$434 – $1,345
Arkansas AR24$384−69%$318 – $777
Maryland MD30$96−92%$75 – $128
Alaska AK9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,252.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,159$1,288$569 – $2,444
Children’s59$1,744$243 – $3,061
Critical access472$1,141$502 – $1,842
Ownership
For-profit413$2,156$893 – $6,015
Government383$1,082$478 – $1,857
Non-profit1,894$1,165$541 – $2,156
System affiliation
Part of a system2,264$1,270$569 – $2,401
Independent436$1,161$492 – $2,075

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,229
Median cash price$1,252
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,934 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,300 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,333; most fall between $609 and $2,268.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,934 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$393$707$1,300$2,039$3,112

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($393 vs $3,112).

Of the 2,167 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,934 gave a usable cash price; 122 carried a plausibility flag, 2 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 109 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,700 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (68%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,074 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,700
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here197
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded174
Hospitals that filed this code3,074

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other CT scan family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as CT Guidance Needle Placement|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “CT guidance for needle placement, such as a biopsy (CPT 77012) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-77012-ct-guidance-for-needle-placement-such-as-a-biopsy