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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, First Site

Oklahoma 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?

$1,714

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,714 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $129 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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$129$89.13 to $162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$1,000 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $501 to $3,715Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $72 to $178
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $129

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
$501.19
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$151.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$2,187.76
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
$112.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$177.83

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 28th of 51

$1,714

$129 physician + $1,585 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.