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Needle Sampling With X-Ray Guidance, Extra Lump

Montana rates for HCPCS 10008

A thin needle is passed into a lump or suspicious area to draw out cells for laboratory examination, with live X-ray pictures used to steer the needle to the right spot. This covers each further lump sampled at the same visit, billed in addition to the first.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Needle Sampling With X-Ray Guidance, Extra Lump cost?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $126 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$158$91.20 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$126$91.20 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $126 · 10th to 90th $87 to $263Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $72 to $347
$100$200$500facility $126professional $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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$288.40
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$263.03
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$263.03
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$251.19
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$316.23

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 21.4 times more in California 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.

Montana· 15th of 51

$158

CA $2,512KY $117

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.