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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Biopsy, First Lesion

West Virginia 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?

$2,127

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,127 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$214 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$513 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $166 to $7,079Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $148 to $1,585
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $468

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
$165.96
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$512.86
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,698.24
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,128.31
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,584.89
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
$74.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$46.77

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 21st of 51

$2,127

$468 physician + $1,660 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.