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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, First Site

Utah 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?

$1,818

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,818 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $120 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$120$70.79 to $214
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$1,000 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $398 to $3,388Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $63 to $275
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $120

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
$398.11
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$245.47
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$281.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,089.30
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$213.80
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$190.55
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87

Where Utah 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

Utah· 24th of 51

$1,818

$120 physician + $1,698 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.