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Placement of Breast Tissue Marker, Additional Site

North Dakota 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?

$356

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $356 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $178 to the doctor who performs it, and $178 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$178$93.33 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$178$51.29 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $51 to $295Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $72 to $398
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $178professional $178

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
$51.29
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$338.84
4 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
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$17.78

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 42nd of 51

$356

$178 physician + $178 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.