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Placement of Breast Tissue Marker, Additional Site

Minnesota 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?

$569

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $569 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $355 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$214$105 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$355$170 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $47 to $813Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $74 to $575
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $355professional $214

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
$46.77
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$724.44
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$707.95
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$616.60
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.98

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 33rd of 51

$569

$214 physician + $355 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.