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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, First Site

Delaware 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?

$701

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $701 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $112 to the doctor who performs it, and $589 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$112$64.57 to $186
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$589$123 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $65 to $2,239Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $63 to $324
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $589professional $112

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
$64.57
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,238.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$208.93
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$190.55

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 50th of 51

$701

$112 physician + $589 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.