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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Needle Biopsy, Additional Site

Kentucky 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?

$900

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $900 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $676 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$224$74.13 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$676$347 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $98 to $8,511Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $66 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $676professional $224

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
$97.72
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$676.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$436.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$537.03
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$114.82
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,187.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$776.25

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$900

$224 physician + $676 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.