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Placement of Breast Tissue Marker, Additional Site

Arizona 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?

$754

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $754 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $151 to the doctor who performs it, and $603 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$151$52.48 to $195
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$603$245 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $200 to $2,455Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $42 to $631
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $603professional $151

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$173.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$245.47
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
$20.89
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$14.45

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 19th of 51

$754

$151 physician + $603 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.