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Needle Sampling With X-Ray Guidance, Extra Lump

Wyoming 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?

$145

Typical physician fee. In Wyoming, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $112 to $251.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $295 to $3,236Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $89 to $331
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $295professional $145

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$501.19

Where Wyoming 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.

Wyoming· 30th of 51

$145

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.