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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, First Site

Missouri 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?

$1,901

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,901 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $123 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$123$87.10 to $195
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$912 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $117 to $4,898Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $63 to $363
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $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
$117.49
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$616.60
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$199.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$257.04
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$208.93

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 20th of 51

$1,901

$123 physician + $1,778 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.