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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, First Site

Tennessee 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?

$1,481

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,481 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $132 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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$132$87.10 to $195
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$794 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $468 to $2,570Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $68 to $457
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $132

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
$204.17
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$457.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$239.88
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$257.04

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 32nd of 51

$1,481

$132 physician + $1,349 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.