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Placement of Breast Tissue Marker, Additional Site

Massachusetts 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?

$1,068

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,068 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $135 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$135$53.70 to $204
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$72.44 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $55 to $3,388Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $43 to $398
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $933professional $135

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
$131.83
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$257.04
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,818.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$478.63
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$407.38
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,995.26
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,818.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$426.58

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 26th of 50

$1,068

$135 physician + $933 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.