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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 July 2026.

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

$2,481

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,481 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$191$77.62 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$427 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $129 to $6,761Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $47 to $776
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,291professional $191

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
$263.03
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$501.19
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$630.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$478.63
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$426.58
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$363.08

Where Iowa 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 feeIowa $2,481 · 11th 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.