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Placement of Breast Tissue Marker, Additional Site

Georgia 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?

$508

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $508 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $145 to the doctor who performs it, and $363 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$145$63.10 to $224
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$363$123 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $81 to $3,715Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $50 to $282
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $363professional $145

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
$47.86
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$398.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$380.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$398.11
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
$21.38
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$16.60

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 34th of 51

$508

$145 physician + $363 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.