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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, First Site

Georgia 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?

$3,152

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,152 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $132 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$132$85.11 to $186
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,514 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $708 to $7,244Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $72 to $240
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $132

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
$575.44
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$239.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$186.21
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$281.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$229.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$75.86
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,165.95
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$239.88

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 4th of 51

$3,152

$132 physician + $3,020 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.