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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, First Site

Kansas 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?

$2,043

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,043 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $138 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$138$100 to $186
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$676 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $162 to $5,754Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $68 to $214
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $138

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
$186.21
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$213.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$229.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$208.93

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 18th of 51

$2,043

$138 physician + $1,905 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.