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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Biopsy, First Lesion

Alaska rates for HCPCS 19083

A radiologist uses real-time ultrasound imaging to guide a needle to a breast abnormality and remove tissue samples for pathology testing, typically also placing a small marker clip at the biopsy site. This covers the first area biopsied during the procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ultrasound-Guided Breast Biopsy, First Lesion cost?

$2,790

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,790 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$794$457 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$603 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $209 to $9,550Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $178 to $2,344
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,995professional $794

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
$1,737.80
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,096.48
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,290.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,090.30
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,162.28
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,290.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in California than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeAlaska $2,790 · 37th of 51
CA $6,098MD $1,099

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.