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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, First Site

Arkansas 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?

$901

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $901 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $107 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$107$81.28 to $135
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$589 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $135 to $1,820Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $65 to $234
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $794professional $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
$83.18
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$234.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$162.18
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$223.87
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$208.93

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 48th of 51

$901

$107 physician + $794 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.