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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, First Site

Alaska rates for HCPCS 10005

A thin needle is used to draw out cells from a lump or abnormal area for lab testing, guided by real-time ultrasound imaging to make sure the needle reaches the right spot. This covers the first site sampled during the visit.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, First Site cost?

$1,167

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,167 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$316$126 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$245 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $100 to $4,677Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $74 to $646
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $851professional $316

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
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$338.84
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$645.65
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$870.96
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$707.95
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$645.65
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$741.31

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 10.8 times more in California than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 41st of 51

$1,167

$316 physician + $851 facility

CA $3,950MT $366

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.