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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Biopsy, First Lesion

Iowa 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?

$2,309

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,309 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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$724$331 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$977 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $468 to $5,754Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,698
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,585professional $724

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
$302.00
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,445.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,380.38
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,548.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,621.81
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,128.31
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,584.89
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,047.13
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
$72.44
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$72.44

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 18th of 51

$2,309

$724 physician + $1,585 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.