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MRI-Guided Breast Needle Biopsy

Mississippi 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?

$1,589

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,589 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,000 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$589$186 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,000$589 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $155 to $3,467Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $158 to $1,318
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $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
$154.88
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,318.26
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,737.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 50th of 51

$1,589

$589 physician + $1,000 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.