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Placement of Breast Tissue Marker, Additional Site

Montana 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?

$280

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $280 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $93.33 to the doctor who performs it, and $186 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$93.33$75.86 to $269
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$186$72.44 to $282

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $71 to $309Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $52 to $282
$50$100$200$500facility $186professional $93

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$269.15
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$309.03
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$302.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$316.23

Where Montana 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

Montana· 47th of 51

$280

$93.33 physician + $186 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.