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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 October 2026.

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

$1,025

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,025 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $174 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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$174$72.44 to $263
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$275 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $174 to $4,365Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $58 to $355
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $851professional $174

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
$173.78
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$281.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$288.40
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$251.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$295.12
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$363.08
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$331.13
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
$24.55
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$17.38

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 11th of 51

$1,025

$174 physician + $851 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.