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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, First Site

Kentucky 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?

$1,038

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,038 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $105 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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$105$66.07 to $138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$126 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $85 to $3,715Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $58 to $257
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $933professional $105

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
$93.33
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$309.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$112.20
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$109.65
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$630.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$218.78

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 47th of 51

$1,038

$105 physician + $933 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.