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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Biopsy, First Lesion

Arizona 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?

$1,539

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,539 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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$468$170 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$661 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $525 to $4,467Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $132 to $1,862
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,072professional $468

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$707.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$812.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$851.14
5 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
$66.07
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$41.69

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 35th of 51

$1,539

$468 physician + $1,072 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.