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Placement of Breast Tissue Marker, Additional Site

Delaware 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?

$319

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $319 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $141 to the doctor who performs it, and $178 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$141$42.66 to $151
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$178$115 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $115 to $3,236Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $43 to $251
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $178professional $141

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
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$251.19
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$257.04

Where Delaware 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 feeDelaware $319 · 48th 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.