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MRI-Guided Breast Needle Biopsy

New Hampshire 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?

$2,315

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,315 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$537$251 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$977 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $186 to $9,772Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,622
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $537

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
$186.21
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,380.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,019.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 46th of 51

$2,315

$537 physician + $1,778 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.