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Placement of Breast Tissue Marker, Additional Site

Louisiana 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?

$1,313

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,313 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $138 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$138$57.54 to $195
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$380 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $2 to $3,467Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $47 to $214
$0.1$1$10$100$1Kfacility $1,175professional $138

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
$199.53
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.87
Typical High
$2.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$186.21
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$269.15

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 18.3 times more in California than in Maryland. 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

Louisiana· 23rd of 50

$1,313

$138 physician + $1,175 facility

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.