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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Biopsy, First Lesion

New Mexico 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?

$1,749

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,749 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$224 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$708 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $575 to $4,898Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,023
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $490

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
$186.21
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$954.99
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$676.08
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,238.72
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 29th of 51

$1,749

$490 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.