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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Biopsy, First Lesion

Georgia 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?

$4,219

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,219 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$417$200 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$2,089 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,918Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $148 to $1,047
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $417

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
$512.86
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,047.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,000.00
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,122.02
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$724.44
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,888.44
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in California 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

Georgia· 14th of 51

$4,219

$417 physician + $3,802 facility

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.