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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Biopsy, First Lesion

Michigan 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?

$1,561

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,561 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$302$195 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$871 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $501 to $3,802Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $178 to $832
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $302

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
$177.83
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$575.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$870.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,365.16
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
11 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
$89.13
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,174.90
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$288.40
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$114.82
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$436.52
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$87.10
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$57.54

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 34th of 51

$1,561

$302 physician + $1,259 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.