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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, First Site

Maryland 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?

$805

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $805 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $145 to the doctor who performs it, and $661 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$145$100 to $251
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$661$91.20 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $78 to $2,089Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $71 to $501
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $661professional $145

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
$77.62
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$549.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$263.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$218.78
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$218.78

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 49th of 51

$805

$145 physician + $661 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.