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Placement of Breast Tissue Marker, Additional Site

Colorado 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?

$2,775

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,775 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $145 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$145$48.98 to $178
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$427 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $81 to $6,457Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $45 to $288
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $2,630professional $145

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
$426.58
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$199.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$331.13
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$263.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$660.69
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$363.08
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$316.23

Where Colorado 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 feeColorado $2,775 · 9th 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.