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Placement of Breast Tissue Marker, Additional Site

Washington, DC 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?

$145

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $57.54 to $347.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $107 to $3,311Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $49 to $479
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $550professional $129

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,311.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$18.20
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$501.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$457.09
1 more rate 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
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$138.04

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 2.9 times more in Alaska than in Nebraska. 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.

Washington, DC· 37th of 51

$145

AK $263NE $91.20

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.