go back

Ultrasound-Guided Breast Biopsy, First Lesion

Hawaii 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?

$1,924

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,924 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$186$141 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$1,445 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $3,890Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $30 to $1,023
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,738professional $186

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$724.44
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where Hawaii 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

Hawaii· 22nd of 51

$1,924

$186 physician + $1,738 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.