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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, First Site

North Dakota 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?

$1,437

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,437 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $178 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$178$123 to $309
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$129 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $72 to $2,089Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $72 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $178

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
$72.44
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$302.00

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 36th of 51

$1,437

$178 physician + $1,259 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.