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Needle Sampling Of A Lump Using CT Guidance

Indiana rates for HCPCS 10009

A very thin needle is passed into a lump or abnormal area to draw out cells for examination under a microscope, with a CT scanner used to see the target and steer the needle to it. CT guidance is chosen for areas deep inside the body that other imaging cannot show clearly. This covers sampling of the first area, and each further area sampled at the same visit is billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Needle Sampling Of A Lump Using CT Guidance cost?

$4,059

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,059 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $257 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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$257$100 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$2,818 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $550 to $7,413Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $91 to $575
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $257

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
$147.91
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$426.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$602.56
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$707.95

Where Indiana sits

The same service costs 8.6 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. 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

Indiana· 5th of 49

$4,059

$257 physician + $3,802 facility

NJ $5,175WV $602

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.