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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, Additional Site

Alaska rates for HCPCS 10006

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 billing covers each additional site sampled beyond the first one during the same visit.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample, Additional Site cost?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $832 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$200$132 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$363 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $257 to $6,607Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $62 to $324
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $832professional $200

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$173.78
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,318.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$354.81
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$245.47
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$446.68
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$371.54

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$240

AK $240KY $50.12

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.