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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Biopsy, First Lesion

New Jersey 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?

$2,313

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,313 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$363$148 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,072 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $589 to $6,607Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $123 to $1,096
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $363

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
$147.91
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$912.01
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$7,943.28
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,288.25
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$6,165.95
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,096.48
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
$70.79
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$60.26

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 17th of 51

$2,313

$363 physician + $1,950 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.