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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Biopsy, First Lesion

Minnesota 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?

$2,855

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,855 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$617$324 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,380 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $513 to $4,677Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,820
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $617

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
$144.54
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$17,378.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,089.30
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,801.89
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 35th of 51

$2,855

$617 physician + $2,239 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.