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Breast Wire Localization, First Lesion

Texas rates for HCPCS 19281

This procedure places a thin guide wire into the breast under mammography guidance to mark the exact location of an abnormal area before a surgeon removes it. It is done shortly before surgery so the surgeon can find and remove precisely the right tissue.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Breast Wire Localization, First Lesion cost?

$1,352

Typical total for the visit. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,352 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $204 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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 12 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$204$107 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$562 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $123 to $4,169Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $45 to $1,738
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,148professional $204

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$257.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$363.08
Baylor Scott & White
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,818.38
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$346.74
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,128.61
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$257.04
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$251.19
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,981.07
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$338.84
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
11 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$23.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
XP · Separate practitioner
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,570.40
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$114.82
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$45.71
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$173.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$34.67
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$22.91

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 7.3 times more in Vermont than in Montana. 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

Texas· 27th of 51

$1,352

$204 physician + $1,148 facility

VT $3,341MT $455

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.