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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, First Site

Mississippi 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?

$1,087

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,087 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $132 to the doctor who performs it, and $955 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$132$72.44 to $174
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$955$525 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $110 to $2,239Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $65 to $245
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $955professional $132

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
$109.65
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$245.47
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$245.47
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$234.42

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 45th of 51

$1,087

$132 physician + $955 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.