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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, First Site

New Mexico 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?

$1,873

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,873 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $135 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$135$89.13 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$234 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $117 to $4,169Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $71 to $525
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $135

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
$102.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$239.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$158.49
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$281.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$257.04

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 21st of 51

$1,873

$135 physician + $1,738 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.