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Placement of Breast Tissue Marker, Additional Site

Alaska rates for HCPCS 19282

This procedure places a small marker, such as a clip or tiny metal marker, inside the breast at an additional site to help doctors precisely locate an area of concern for a later biopsy or surgery, guided by imaging using the same method as the first marker placed during the same visit. It does not remove tissue itself, but marks a specific spot for future reference.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placement of Breast Tissue Marker, Additional Site cost?

$471

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $471 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $257 to the doctor who performs it, and $214 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$257$135 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$214$123 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $54 to $2,512Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $49 to $776
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $214professional $257

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$288.40
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$776.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,071.52
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$912.01
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$776.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$933.25

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 18.3 times more in California than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeAlaska $471 · 37th of 50
CA $4,424MD $241

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.