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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic procedures on skin and subcutaneous tissue

Fine needle biopsy with ultrasound, first lesion

CPT 10005the billing code this page is about

Withdrawal of cells or fluid through a thin needle guided by ultrasound; this code covers the first lesion sampled during the visit.

Hospitals typically charge $989 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,599 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,061. Most fall between $449 and $1,841 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,599
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,599 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$225$559$989$1,674$2,595

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($225 vs $2,595).

How the prices are spread

$132 – $182: 74 hospitals$132$182 – $252: 105 hospitals$252 – $348: 97 hospitals$252$348 – $480: 144 hospitals$480 – $663: 218 hospitals$480$663 – $916: 402 hospitals$916 – $1,265: 451 hospitals$916$1,265 – $1,747: 371 hospitals$1,747 – $2,412: 310 hospitals$1,747$2,412 – $3,332: 170 hospitals$2,412median $989price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,342 of 2,599 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$132$18274
$182$252105
$252$34897
$348$480144
$480$663218
$663$916402
$916$1,265451
$1,265$1,747371
$1,747$2,412310
$2,412$3,332170

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$723
Median cash price$989
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.37×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $989.

Alaska: median $992 across 13 hospitalsAK$992Maine: median $675 across 21 hospitalsME$675Vermont: median $1,011 across 11 hospitalsVT$1,011New Hampshire: median $683 across 20 hospitalsNH$683Washington: median $991 across 62 hospitalsWA$991Idaho: median $1,063 across 19 hospitalsID$1,063Montana: median $208 across 22 hospitalsMT$208North Dakota: median $843 across 11 hospitalsND$843Minnesota: median $755 across 79 hospitalsMN$755Illinois: median $1,065 across 112 hospitalsIL$1,065Wisconsin: median $908 across 96 hospitalsWI$908Michigan: median $719 across 91 hospitalsMI$719New York: median $1,206 across 100 hospitalsNY$1,206Massachusetts: median $852 across 47 hospitalsMA$852Oregon: median $686 across 50 hospitalsOR$686Nevada: median $977 across 15 hospitalsNV$977Wyoming: median $836 across 13 hospitalsWY$836South Dakota: median $470 across 12 hospitalsSD$470Iowa: median $819 across 55 hospitalsIA$819Indiana: median $1,365 across 82 hospitalsIN$1,365Ohio: median $1,352 across 136 hospitalsOH$1,352Pennsylvania: median $987 across 114 hospitalsPA$987New Jersey: median $939 across 58 hospitalsNJ$939Connecticut: median $1,402 across 21 hospitalsCT$1,402Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,773 across 185 hospitalsCA$1,773Utah: median $1,505 across 30 hospitalsUT$1,505Colorado: median $1,092 across 59 hospitalsCO$1,092Nebraska: median $762 across 44 hospitalsNE$762Missouri: median $725 across 66 hospitalsMO$725Kentucky: median $933 across 38 hospitalsKY$933West Virginia: median $1,061 across 34 hospitalsWV$1,061Virginia: median $989 across 53 hospitalsVA$989Maryland: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $869 across 34 hospitalsAZ$869New Mexico: median $1,262 across 20 hospitalsNM$1,262Kansas: median $667 across 55 hospitalsKS$667Arkansas: median $548 across 22 hospitalsAR$548Tennessee: median $512 across 52 hospitalsTN$512North Carolina: median $1,036 across 70 hospitalsNC$1,036South Carolina: median $1,328 across 44 hospitalsSC$1,328Oklahoma: median $703 across 39 hospitalsOK$703Louisiana: median $896 across 43 hospitalsLA$896Mississippi: median $487 across 39 hospitalsMS$487Alabama: median $931 across 36 hospitalsAL$931Georgia: median $1,032 across 81 hospitalsGA$1,032Hawaii: median $832 across 14 hospitalsHI$832Texas: median $1,158 across 148 hospitalsTX$1,158Florida: median $1,638 across 110 hospitalsFL$1,638
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $989. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA185$1,773+79%$781 – $2,429
Florida FL110$1,638+66%$860 – $3,044
Utah UT30$1,505+52%$946 – $1,771
Connecticut CT21$1,402+42%$725 – $2,527
Indiana IN82$1,365+38%$670 – $1,711
Ohio OH136$1,352+37%$699 – $2,104
South Carolina SC44$1,328+34%$820 – $1,705
New Mexico NM20$1,262+28%$356 – $1,732
New York NY100$1,206+22%$256 – $2,048
Texas TX148$1,158+17%$527 – $1,830
Colorado CO59$1,092+10%$556 – $1,611
Illinois IL112$1,065+8%$431 – $1,866
Idaho ID19$1,063+8%$314 – $1,783
West Virginia WV34$1,061+7%$229 – $1,518
North Carolina NC70$1,036+5%$529 – $1,409
Georgia GA81$1,032+4%$795 – $1,835
Vermont VT11$1,011+2%$182 – $1,350
Alaska AK13$9920%$622 – $2,009
Washington WA62$9910%$413 – $1,785
Virginia VA53$9890%$873 – $1,228
Pennsylvania PA114$9870%$585 – $2,673
Nevada NV15$977−1%$336 – $1,330
New Jersey NJ58$939−5%$779 – $4,500
Kentucky KY38$933−6%$590 – $1,739
Alabama AL36$931−6%$608 – $3,861
Wisconsin WI96$908−8%$257 – $1,250
Louisiana LA43$896−9%$453 – $1,358
Arizona AZ34$869−12%$568 – $4,709
Massachusetts MA47$852−14%$285 – $1,683
North Dakota ND11$843−15%$107 – $1,121
Wyoming WY13$836−15%$278 – $1,731
Hawaii HI14$832−16%$148 – $2,317
Iowa IA55$819−17%$227 – $1,293
Nebraska NE44$762−23%$453 – $1,352
Minnesota MN79$755−24%$251 – $986
Missouri MO66$725−27%$153 – $1,989
Michigan MI91$719−27%$232 – $1,468
Oklahoma OK39$703−29%$338 – $1,341
Oregon OR50$686−31%$152 – $1,971
New Hampshire NH20$683−31%$173 – $1,156
Maine ME21$675−32%$126 – $827
Kansas KS55$667−33%$273 – $1,080
Arkansas AR22$548−45%$449 – $691
Tennessee TN52$512−48%$346 – $1,114
Mississippi MS39$487−51%$119 – $968
South Dakota SD12$470−52%$381 – $1,287
Montana MT22$208−79%$136 – $689
Maryland MD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $989.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,000$1,059$558 – $1,958
Children’s47$931$557 – $2,533
Critical access543$715$208 – $1,465
Ownership
For-profit261$1,155$529 – $2,175
Government443$869$299 – $1,464
Non-profit1,886$1,017$473 – $1,872
System affiliation
Part of a system2,107$1,034$512 – $1,904
Independent492$822$273 – $1,547

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,908
Median cash price$989
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,902 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,078 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,139; most fall between $527 and $1,940.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,902 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$285$637$1,078$1,773$2,652

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($285 vs $2,652).

Of the 2,051 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,902 gave a usable cash price; 54 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 94 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,599 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (66%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,808 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,599
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here98
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded8
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded102
Hospitals that filed this code2,808

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between July 20, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other diagnostic procedures on skin and subcutaneous tissue family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Fine Needle Aspiration Bx W/US Gdn 1st Lesion.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Fine needle biopsy with ultrasound, first lesion (CPT 10005) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-10005-fine-needle-biopsy-with-ultrasound-first-lesion