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Placement of Breast Tissue Marker, Additional Site

Kansas 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?

$456

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $456 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $174 to the doctor who performs it, and $282 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$174$70.79 to $234
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$282$263 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $138 to $2,512Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $54 to $631
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $282professional $174

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
$954.99
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$223.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$263.03
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
$20.89
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$22.39

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 36th of 51

$456

$174 physician + $282 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.