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Placement of Breast Tissue Marker, Additional Site

Kentucky 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?

$974

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $974 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $123 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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$123$44.67 to $145
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$158 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $48 to $10,715Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $42 to $195
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $851professional $123

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
$47.86
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$177.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$173.78
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$72.44
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$794.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$281.84

Where Kentucky 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 feeKentucky $974 · 28th 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.