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Placement of Breast Tissue Marker, Additional Site

Iowa 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?

$735

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $735 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $490 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$245$107 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$490$204 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $123 to $2,884Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $78 to $525
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $490professional $245

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
$257.04
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$478.63
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$630.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$478.63
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$457.09
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$363.08
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
$22.91
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$25.70

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 22nd of 51

$735

$245 physician + $490 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.