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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, First Site

Michigan 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?

$1,126

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,126 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $126 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,000 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$126$87.10 to $162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,000$708 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $162 to $2,042Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $65 to $219
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $126

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
$162.18
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$229.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$239.88
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$199.53
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$199.53

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 42nd of 51

$1,126

$126 physician + $1,000 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.