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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Biopsy, First Lesion

South Dakota 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?

$1,375

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,375 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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$617$331 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$724 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,698Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,479
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $759professional $617

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
$158.49
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,905.46
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,445.44
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,230.27
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,698.24
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$302.00
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
$63.10
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$48.98

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 42nd of 51

$1,375

$617 physician + $759 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.