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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 October 2026.

How much does Placement of Breast Tissue Marker, Additional Site cost?

$404

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $404 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $200 to the doctor who performs it, and $204 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$200$102 to $295
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$204$110 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $71 to $1,349Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $62 to $407
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $204professional $200

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
$48.98
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$302.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$331.13
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$16.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$239.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$95.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$67.61
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$67.61
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$67.61

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 38th of 51

$404

$200 physician + $204 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.