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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, First Site

Nebraska 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?

$2,350

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,350 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $162 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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$162$107 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,148 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $224 to $7,943Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $68 to $550
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $162

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
$263.03
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$549.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,862.09
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
$162.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$537.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$371.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$295.12
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$316.23

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 13th of 51

$2,350

$162 physician + $2,188 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.