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Placement of Breast Tissue Marker, Additional Site

Alabama 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?

$1,307

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,307 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $132 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$132$47.86 to $155
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$776 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,820Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $43 to $209
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kfacility $1,175professional $132

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
$575.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$229.09

Where Alabama 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 feeAlabama $1,307 · 24th 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.