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MRI-Guided Breast Needle Biopsy

New Mexico 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?

$2,960

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,960 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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$871$245 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$1,096 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $339 to $5,888Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $174 to $4,365
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $2,089professional $871

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
$251.19
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,548.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,023.29
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,041.74
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 37th of 51

$2,960

$871 physician + $2,089 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.