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Placement of Breast Tissue Marker, Additional Site

Michigan 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?

$404

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $404 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $129 to the doctor who performs it, and $275 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$129$53.70 to $178
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$275$87.10 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $60 to $4,898Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $43 to $195
$10.0$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $275professional $129

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
$60.26
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$223.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$245.47
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$251.19

Where Michigan 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 feeMichigan $404 · 42nd 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.