Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
CT-GUIDE NEEDLE BX
Birmingham, AL
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Affinity Hospital LLC’s median price of $4.3k is 484% above the median hospital's median price ($732), higher than 99% of the 2,229 hospitals reporting CPT 77012. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 5 payers, 9 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Bcbs Al bcbs al all facility · other · outpatient | $160 | $160 | — | — | 1–10 | $160 – $160 |
| 2 | Aetna aetna all facility · other · outpatient | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 3 | First Health first health facility · other · outpatient | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | — | $3.5k – $3.5k |
| 4 | Optum optum health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.8k | $3.8k | — | — | — | $3.8k – $3.8k |
| 5 | MultiPlan multiplan primary facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $5.2k | $5.2k | — | — | — | $5.2k – $5.2k |
| 6 | MultiPlan multiplan primary facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $5.3k | $5.3k | — | — | — | $5.3k – $5.3k |
| 7 | MultiPlan multiplan complementary facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $6.0k | $6.0k | — | — | — | $6.0k – $6.0k |
| 8 | MultiPlan multiplan complementary facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $6.0k | $6.0k | — | — | — | $6.0k – $6.0k |
| 9 | First Health first health work comp al facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $6.7k | $6.7k | — | — | — | $6.7k – $6.7k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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