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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, First Site

North Carolina 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?

$1,093

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,093 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $138 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$138$87.10 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$955$646 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $123 to $3,890Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $68 to $417
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $955professional $138

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
$134.90
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$467.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$194.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$323.59
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$239.88
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 44th of 51

$1,093

$138 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.