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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Biopsy, First Lesion

Nevada 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?

$2,428

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,428 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$174 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$741 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $501 to $5,129Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $145 to $871
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $479

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
$478.63
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,128.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$741.31
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$933.25
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,174.90
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$933.25
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
$107.15
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$50.12

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 14th of 51

$2,428

$479 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.