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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, First Site

Arizona 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?

$2,768

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,768 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $138 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$138$93.33 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,230 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $275 to $5,495Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $66 to $589
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,630professional $138

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
$912.01
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$588.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$204.17

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 8th of 51

$2,768

$138 physician + $2,630 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.