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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Biopsy, First Lesion

Alabama 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 October 2026.

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

$2,555

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,555 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$513$182 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$813 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $501 to $2,042Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $148 to $912
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $2,042professional $513

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$501.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$933.25
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Colorado than in Maryland. 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

Alabama· 10th of 51

$2,555

$513 physician + $2,042 facility

CO $4,866MD $1,088

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.