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Placement of Breast Tissue Marker, Additional Site

Illinois 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?

$761

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $761 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $145 to the doctor who performs it, and $617 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$60.26 to $224
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$617$219 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $135 to $3,090Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $47 to $275
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $617professional $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
$45.71
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$281.84
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$446.68
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$218.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$309.03
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
$21.88
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$15.49

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 17th of 51

$761

$145 physician + $617 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.