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Placement of Breast Tissue Marker, Additional Site

North Carolina 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?

$585

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $585 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $158 to the doctor who performs it, and $427 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$158$57.54 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$427$166 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $49 to $4,169Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $49 to $339
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $427professional $158

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
$48.98
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$309.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$316.23
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where North Carolina 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 feeNorth Carolina $585 · 34th 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.