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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, First Site

Louisiana 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?

$1,411

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,411 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $123 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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$123$89.13 to $155
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$575 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $141 to $3,467Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $68 to $407
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $123

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
$138.04
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$478.63
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$147.91
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$204.17

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 37th of 51

$1,411

$123 physician + $1,288 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.