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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, First Site

Oregon 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?

$1,449

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,449 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$191$117 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$263 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $166 to $3,802Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $79 to $575
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $191

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
$251.19
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$363.08
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$323.59
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$288.40
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$346.74
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$562.34
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$323.59
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$371.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,884.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$346.74

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 35th of 51

$1,449

$191 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.