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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, First Site

Illinois 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?

$1,816

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,816 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $117 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$117$79.43 to $174
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$891 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $158 to $4,365Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $65 to $240
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $117

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
$158.49
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$281.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$245.47
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$489.78
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$177.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$245.47

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 25th of 51

$1,816

$117 physician + $1,698 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.