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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, First Site

South Carolina 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?

$1,807

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,807 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $148 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$148$81.28 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$832 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $148 to $5,888Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $69 to $501
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,660professional $148

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
$147.91
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$549.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$251.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$218.78

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 26th of 51

$1,807

$148 physician + $1,660 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.