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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, First Site

Montana 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?

$366

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $366 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $132 to the doctor who performs it, and $234 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$100 to $224
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$234$126 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $123 to $2,291Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $66 to $479
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $234professional $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
$616.60
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$229.09
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$251.19
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$251.19
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$204.17
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$257.04

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$366

$132 physician + $234 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.