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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Biopsy, First Lesion

North Carolina 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?

$1,527

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,527 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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$676$316 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$513 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $251 to $3,162Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,514
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $851professional $676

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
$151.36
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$707.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,174.90
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
$75.86
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$50.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$204.17
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$204.17
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$204.17

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 36th of 51

$1,527

$676 physician + $851 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.