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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, First Site

Minnesota 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?

$1,276

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,276 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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$229$138 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$437 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $200 to $2,344Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $89 to $479
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,047professional $229

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
$69.18
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,318.26
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
$158.49
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$562.34
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,047.13
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$436.52

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 40th of 51

$1,276

$229 physician + $1,047 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.