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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Needle Biopsy, Additional Site

North Carolina 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?

$1,564

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,564 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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$389$89.13 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$398 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $98 to $3,020Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $76 to $1,230
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $389

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
$102.33
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,230.27
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$575.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$933.25
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 34th of 51

$1,564

$389 physician + $1,175 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.