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Placement of Breast Tissue Marker, Additional Site

Arkansas 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 October 2026.

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

$390

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $390 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $166 to the doctor who performs it, and $224 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$166$75.86 to $224
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$224$100 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $81 to $1,148Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $51 to $251
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $224professional $166

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
$57.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$269.15
5 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
$28.84
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$17.78

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 13.8 times more in Hawaii than in Louisiana. 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

Arkansas· 40th of 51

$390

$166 physician + $224 facility

HI $2,918LA $212

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.