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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, First Site

Idaho 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?

$1,608

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,608 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $195 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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$195$117 to $263
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$302 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $135 to $3,311Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $89 to $646
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $195

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
$169.82
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$229.09
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$302.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$263.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,290.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$223.87
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$1,778.28
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$223.87

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 29th of 51

$1,608

$195 physician + $1,413 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.