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MRI-Guided Breast Needle Biopsy

Arkansas 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?

$2,345

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,345 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$832$209 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,230 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $871 to $2,455Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $162 to $1,820
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,514professional $832

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
$812.83
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,819.70
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 45th of 51

$2,345

$832 physician + $1,514 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.