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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, First Site

South Dakota 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?

$1,743

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,743 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $158 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$158$69.18 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$1,259 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,089Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $65 to $427
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,585professional $158

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
$1,071.52
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$426.58
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$389.05
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,000.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$288.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$263.03
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$346.74
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$302.00

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 27th of 51

$1,743

$158 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.