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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, First Site

Iowa 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?

$2,154

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,154 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $204 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$204$126 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$871 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $204 to $6,761Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $69 to $646
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $204

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
$204.17
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$389.05
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,467.37
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
$147.91
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$537.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$354.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$363.08
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,000.00
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$323.59
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$295.12

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 16th of 51

$2,154

$204 physician + $1,950 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.