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MRI-Guided Breast Needle Biopsy

Alaska rates for HCPCS 19085

This procedure removes a small tissue sample from a breast lesion that was found on MRI, using MRI imaging in real time to guide the needle to the correct spot. It covers the first area sampled this way in a given visit, and a small marker may be left at the site to help locate it later.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does MRI-Guided Breast Needle Biopsy cost?

$1,845

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,845 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $912 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$457 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$912$457 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $200 to $9,772Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $195 to $3,467
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $912professional $933

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,621.81
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,467.37
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,677.35
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,467.37
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,495.41

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.7 times more in Nebraska than in Delaware. 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

Alaska· 49th of 51

$1,845

$933 physician + $912 facility

NE $7,390DE $1,304

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.