# Fine needle biopsy with ultrasound guidance in GA

Billing code `10005`. Prices for this code at 94 hospitals in GA, taken from the machine-readable standard charge files each hospital is required to publish under the CMS Hospital Price Transparency Rule (45 CFR 180.50).

Source page: https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/fine-needle-biopsy-with-ultrasound-guidance

HC US FNA WITH IMAGE GUIDANCE

**Where this is done matters more than which hospital:** Fine needle biopsy with ultrasound guidance is a procedure a doctor's office can perform, and Medicare pays about 5.9x more for it at a hospital outpatient department than in an office. Every price below is a hospital's, and excludes the doctor's separate bill. Do not quote these as the cost of the procedure without saying which setting they describe.

## Before quoting any figure below

- **Hospital charges only.** The surgeon, anaesthetist, radiologist and pathologist bill separately and appear in no hospital price file, by construction. Every figure below is part of a total, never the total.
- **A negotiated rate is not a bill.** It is what a hospital and an insurer agreed. What a patient owes depends on their deductible, coinsurance and out-of-pocket maximum.
- **Each hospital's figure is a median across its own plans.** The spread inside one hospital is often wider than the gap between two of them.
- **"not mentioned" is not $0.** It means this hospital's file does not label a row that way. Silence is not a statement that the charge does not exist.
- **A hospital absent from the table says nothing about its prices.** It may publish this code under a revenue or drug code this site cannot map to a procedure.

A procedure code is billed twice -- once by the hospital for its own costs, once by the doctor for their work -- and hospitals publish different sides of that split under the same code. Of the hospitals here, 38 publish a facility charge; 8 publish both, mixed together; 48 do not label which half the figure is.

## Typical price

|  | Amount |
|---|---|
| Cheapest tenth | $654 |
| Typical | $1,508 |
| Dearest tenth | $3,843 |

The cheapest and dearest tenth are the hospitals a tenth of the way in from each end, not the single cheapest and dearest. Every hospital, including both extremes, is in the table below.

That is a 6-fold difference for the same billing code -- a gap between hospitals, not between treatments.

## Every hospital publishing this code

| Hospital | Where | CMS rating | Typical | Facility charge | Physician fee | Self-pay | Lowest | Highest | Plans on file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Regional Medical Center | HINESVILLE | not rated | $51 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $226 | $49 | $226 | 6 |
| Jeff Davis Hospital | HAZLEHURST | not rated | $86 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $88 | $42 | $193 | 19 |
| Mountain Lakes Medical Center | CLAYTON | not rated | $140 | $140 | not mentioned | $75 | $131 | $150 | 2 |
| Coffee Regional Medical Center | DOUGLAS | 3/5 | see split | $3,857 | $125 | $444 | $61 | $47,500 | 301 |
| Taylor Regional Hospital | HAWKINSVILLE | not rated | see split | $340 | $404 | $1,113 | $115 | $444 | 6 |
| Donalsonville Hospital | DONALSONVILLE | not rated | $390 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,851 | $130 | $1,851 | 14 |
| Putnam General Hospital | EATONTON | not rated | $505 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $500 | $122 | $850 | 13 |
| Atrium Health Navicent Peach | BYRON | 1/5 | see split | $782 | $81 | $602 | $79 | $6,287 | 51 |
| Southwell Medical, a Campus of TRMC | ADEL | not rated | see split | $671 | $181 | $849 | $90 | $14,510 | 298 |
| Phoebe Sumter Medical Center | AMERICUS | 3/5 | $652 | $652 | not mentioned | not published | $621 | $1,086 | 7 |
| Tift Regional Medical Center | TIFTON | 3/5 | see split | $684 | $181 | $849 | $97 | $11,238 | 301 |
| Dodge County Hospital | EASTMAN | not rated | $668 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $64 | $2,260 | 12 |
| SGMC Health | VALDOSTA | 2/5 | $679 | $679 | not mentioned | $1,197 | $491 | $803 | 4 |
| Grady Memorial Hospital | ATLANTA | 2/5 | see split | $1,877 | $110 | $5,362 | $64 | $4,290 | 87 |
| Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital | ALBANY | 2/5 | $716 | $716 | not mentioned | not published | $682 | $1,194 | 7 |
| Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton | CARROLLTON | 2/5 | $728 | $728 | not mentioned | $3,859 | $707 | $777 | 35 |
| Southern Regional Medical Center | RIVERDALE | 1/5 | $728 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $706 | $265 | $2,297 | 41 |
| Evans Memorial Hospital | CLAXTON | not rated | $731 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $120 | $2,263 | 26 |
| SGMC Berrien Campus | NASHVILLE | not rated | $741 | $741 | not mentioned | $1,197 | $618 | $926 | 3 |
| AdventHealth Gordon | CALHOUN | 3/5 | $791 | $791 | not mentioned | $2,068 | $705 | $5,063 | 9 |
| AdventHealth Murray | CHATSWORTH | 5/5 | $834 | $834 | not mentioned | not published | $659 | $5,063 | 6 |
| Stephens County Hospital | TOCCOA | 2/5 | $884 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,650 | $476 | $2,475 | 20 |
| Memorial Hospital and Manor | BAINBRIDGE | 1/5 | $924 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $960 | $450 | $1,303 | 72 |
| Appling Healthcare | BAXLEY | not rated | $926 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,144 | $579 | $1,329 | 10 |
| Effingham Health System | SPRINGFIELD | not rated | $979 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $2,273 | $936 | $3,322 | 13 |
| Chi Memorial Hospital- Georgia | RINGGOLD | 3/5 | $991 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $805 | $167 | $3,196 | 28 |
| Crisp Regional Hospital | CORDELE | 2/5 | $1,038 | $1,038 | not mentioned | $818 | $860 | $1,124 | 9 |
| Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden Campus | SAINT MARYS | 4/5 | $1,065 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $110 | $1,545 | 64 |
| Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus | BRUNSWICK | 2/5 | $1,065 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $110 | $1,545 | 64 |
| WellStar MCG Health, Affiliated with Med Col | AUGUSTA | 1/5 | $1,117 | $1,117 | not mentioned | $1,835 | $621 | $4,386 | 20 |
| University Mcduffie County Regional Medical Center | THOMSON | not rated | $1,166 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $795 | $428 | $2,386 | 17 |
| Dorminy Medical Center | FITZGERALD | not rated | $1,177 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $668 | $485 | $1,270 | 27 |
| East Georgia Regional Medical Center | STATESBORO | 3/5 | $1,206 | $1,206 | not mentioned | $1,206 | $121 | $7,987 | 41 |
| Wayne Memorial Hospital | JESUP | 3/5 | $1,278 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $838 | $1,031 | $1,509 | 17 |
| WellStar West Georgia Medical Center | LAGRANGE | 5/5 | $1,289 | $1,289 | not mentioned | $1,835 | $697 | $4,066 | 13 |
| Piedmont Augusta Hospital | AUGUSTA | 2/5 | $1,291 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $795 | $117 | $2,651 | 23 |
| WellStar Spalding Medical Center | GRIFFIN | 2/5 | $1,314 | $1,314 | not mentioned | $1,835 | $710 | $4,066 | 13 |
| Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica | VILLA RICA | 3/5 | $1,326 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,326 | $480 | $2,055 | 17 |
| Emory Houston Hospital Warner Robins | WARNER ROBINS | 2/5 | $1,345 | $1,345 | not mentioned | not published | $634 | $4,840 | 13 |
| WellStar Douglas Medical Center | DOUGLASVILLE | 3/5 | $1,358 | $1,358 | not mentioned | $1,835 | $713 | $4,066 | 12 |
| Candler Hospital | SAVANNAH | 2/5 | $1,362 | $1,362 | not mentioned | not published | $621 | $2,959 | 19 |
| St Joseph's Hospital - Savannah | SAVANNAH | 2/5 | $1,362 | $1,362 | not mentioned | not published | $621 | $2,959 | 19 |
| WellStar North Fulton Medical Center | ROSWELL | 2/5 | $1,370 | $1,370 | not mentioned | $1,835 | $719 | $4,066 | 12 |
| WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center | MARIETTA | 4/5 | $1,370 | $1,370 | not mentioned | $1,835 | $719 | $4,066 | 12 |
| WellStar Paulding Medical Center | HIRAM | 4/5 | $1,370 | $1,370 | not mentioned | $1,835 | $719 | $4,066 | 12 |
| WellStar Cobb Medical Center | AUSTELL | 3/5 | $1,370 | $1,370 | not mentioned | $1,835 | $719 | $4,066 | 12 |
| Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center | ROME | 2/5 | $1,371 | $1,371 | not mentioned | $1,600 | $541 | $8,343 | 41 |
| St Marys Good Samaritan Hospital | GREENSBORO | 4/5 | $1,508 | $1,508 | not mentioned | $1,384 | $64 | $1,916 | 107 |
| Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center | MACON | 2/5 | see split | $1,716 | $70 | $1,320 | $69 | $5,756 | 76 |
| St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare | COLUMBUS | 3/5 | $1,551 | $1,551 | not mentioned | not published | $621 | $3,137 | 13 |
| Colquitt Regional Medical Center | MOULTRIE | 4/5 | $1,579 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,676 | $115 | $1,676 | 66 |
| Morgan Medical Center | MADISON | not rated | $1,737 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $250 | $1,737 | 9 |
| Navicent Health Baldwin | MILLEDGEVILLE | 2/5 | see split | $2,059 | $70 | $1,337 | $69 | $6,575 | 78 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown | COLUMBUS | 2/5 | $1,856 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $795 | $383 | $2,651 | 19 |
| Emory Hillandale Hospital | LITHONIA | 1/5 | $1,952 | $1,952 | not mentioned | $2,754 | $710 | $4,840 | 15 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Northside | COLUMBUS | 5/5 | $1,977 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $795 | $308 | $2,651 | 18 |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite | ATLANTA | not rated | $2,093 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $3,053 | $1,276 | $3,053 | 28 |
| Athur M Blank Hospital | ATLANTA | not rated | $2,093 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $3,053 | $1,305 | $3,053 | 28 |
| St Mary's Hospital | ATHENS | 1/5 | $2,105 | $2,105 | not mentioned | $1,665 | $66 | $9,990 | 117 |
| AdventHealth Redmond | ROME | 4/5 | $2,240 | $2,240 | not mentioned | $1,539 | $736 | $5,063 | 12 |
| Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta | ATLANTA | 3/5 | $2,296 | $2,296 | not mentioned | $2,754 | $719 | $4,840 | 17 |
| Emory University Hospital Midtown | ATLANTA | 2/5 | $2,296 | $2,296 | not mentioned | $2,754 | $719 | $4,840 | 17 |
| Emory Decatur Hospital | DECATUR | 2/5 | $2,296 | $2,296 | not mentioned | $2,754 | $710 | $4,840 | 17 |
| Emory University Hospital | ATLANTA | 4/5 | $2,296 | $2,296 | not mentioned | $2,754 | $710 | $4,840 | 17 |
| Emory Johns Creek Hospital | JOHNS CREEK | 4/5 | $2,296 | $2,296 | not mentioned | $2,754 | $719 | $4,840 | 17 |
| Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center | CARTERSVILLE | 3/5 | $2,354 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,032 | $405 | $3,438 | 18 |
| Piedmont Eastside Medical Center | SNELLVILLE | 2/5 | $2,354 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,032 | $671 | $3,438 | 18 |
| Piedmont Macon North Hospital | MACON | 4/5 | $2,354 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,032 | $316 | $3,438 | 17 |
| Coliseum Medical Centers | MACON | 3/5 | $2,354 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,032 | $235 | $3,217 | 17 |
| Piedmont Walton Hospital | MONROE | 4/5 | $2,383 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,032 | $324 | $3,095 | 14 |
| Piedmont Newton Hospital | COVINGTON | 3/5 | $2,407 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,032 | $353 | $3,438 | 17 |
| Piedmont Hospital | ATLANTA | 4/5 | $2,407 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,032 | $374 | $3,438 | 17 |
| Piedmont Henry Hospital | STOCKBRIDGE | 2/5 | $2,407 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,032 | $292 | $3,438 | 17 |
| Piedmont Fayette Hospital | FAYETTEVILLE | 3/5 | $2,407 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,032 | $332 | $3,438 | 17 |
| Piedmont Newnan Hospital | NEWNAN | 4/5 | $2,407 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,032 | $324 | $3,438 | 17 |
| Piedmont Rockdale Hospital | CONYERS | 3/5 | $2,407 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,032 | $414 | $3,438 | 17 |
| Piedmont Mountainside Hospital | JASPER | 4/5 | $2,426 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,032 | $373 | $3,119 | 14 |
| WellStar Sylvan Grove Medical Center | JACKSON | not rated | $2,572 | $2,572 | not mentioned | $1,835 | $1,986 | $4,066 | 5 |
| Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center | ATHENS | 4/5 | $2,663 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,032 | $366 | $3,438 | 18 |
| Doctors Hospital | AUGUSTA | 3/5 | $2,761 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $120 | $3,633 | 150 |
| Memorial Health University Medical Center | SAVANNAH | 1/5 | $3,442 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $120 | $3,837 | 133 |
| Northside Hospital Forsyth | CUMMING | 4/5 | $3,531 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,332 | $105 | $50,000 | 241 |
| Northside Hospital Cherokee | CANTON | 4/5 | $3,643 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,332 | $105 | $50,000 | 245 |
| Northside Hospital Duluth | DULUTH | 4/5 | $3,765 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,332 | $98 | $50,000 | 252 |
| Northside Hospital Gwinnett | LAWRENCEVILLE | 3/5 | $3,876 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,332 | $98 | $50,000 | 252 |
| Northside Hospital | ATLANTA | 3/5 | $3,962 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,332 | $105 | $50,000 | 243 |
| Memorial Satilla Health | WAYCROSS | 3/5 | $4,289 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $1,769 | $7,234 | 125 |
| Fairview Park Hospital | DUBLIN | 4/5 | $4,299 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $1,769 | $7,284 | 150 |
| Memorial Health Meadows Hospital | VIDALIA | 5/5 | $4,384 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $1,769 | $16,800 | 65 |
| Hamilton Medical Center | DALTON | 3/5 | $4,448 | $4,448 | not mentioned | $2,470 | $3,593 | $5,302 | 2 |
| NGMC Barrow | WINDER | 4/5 | $5,494 | $5,494 | not mentioned | $1,057 | $710 | $10,045 | 9 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham | DEMOREST | 3/5 | $5,494 | $5,494 | not mentioned | $1,057 | $621 | $10,045 | 9 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center | GAINESVILLE | 3/5 | $5,494 | $5,494 | not mentioned | $1,057 | $697 | $10,045 | 9 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center Lumpkin | DAHLONEGA | 5/5 | $5,494 | $5,494 | not mentioned | $1,057 | $735 | $10,045 | 9 |

## Self-pay

Self-pay is what the hospital charges someone paying themselves rather than through insurance. Paying self-pay usually does not count toward a deductible, so it can cost less for one service and more across a year. Every other figure here is what an insurer pays, not what a patient would.

At 40 of the 77 hospitals here that publish a self-pay price it is LOWER than what that same hospital typically accepts from an insurer; at the other 37 it is higher.

## The doctor's side, roughly

Nationally, Medicare allows about $70 for the clinician who performs or reads this service, across 2,134 billing providers in 2024. That is a separate bill from everything above and is NOT added to any figure on this page -- it is here to show the rough size of what a hospital price leaves out.

5 of these 94 hospitals have not published an updated price file in over a year, or do not say when they last did. Hospitals are required to update at least annually, so those figures may not reflect what they charge now: Jeff Davis Hospital, Donalsonville Hospital, Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden Campus, Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus, Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica.

## Others in skin, breast & wound care

- [Abscess drainage](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/abscess-drainage) -- 113 hospitals, typically $316
- [Needle drainage of a cyst, abscess or blood collection](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/needle-drainage-of-a-cyst-abscess-or-blood-collection) -- 105 hospitals, typically $757
- [Stitches for a face or neck cut, 2.6 to 5 cm](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/stitches-for-a-face-or-neck-cut-2-6-to-5-cm) -- 104 hospitals, typically $366
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Compiled by Clearcharge (clearcharge.org) from each hospital's machine-readable standard-charge file. When quoting a figure, cite the source page above. The hospital files behind these figures state data through dates from 2024-07-01 to 2026-07-28; per-hospital staleness is flagged above.