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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, First Site

Alabama 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?

$1,062

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,062 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $107 to the doctor who performs it, and $955 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$107$70.79 to $126
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$955$617 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $120 to $1,995Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $63 to $174
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $955professional $107

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
$70.79
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$162.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$186.21

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 46th of 51

$1,062

$107 physician + $955 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.