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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Needle Biopsy, Additional Site

Iowa rates for HCPCS 19084

This procedure removes a small tissue sample from a breast lesion using a needle guided by real-time ultrasound imaging, for an additional area sampled in the same visit beyond the first site. A small marker may be left at the biopsy site to help locate it later if needed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ultrasound-Guided Breast Needle Biopsy, Additional Site cost?

$1,848

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,848 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$148 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$724 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $166 to $6,457Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $74 to $2,630
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $589

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$1,096.48
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,621.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,202.26
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,230.27
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$794.33

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 6.6 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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

Iowa· 21st of 51

$1,848

$589 physician + $1,259 facility

CA $5,942KY $900

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.