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Placement of Breast Tissue Marker, Additional Site

New Jersey 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?

$1,597

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,597 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $117 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$117$46.77 to $186
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$407 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $148 to $5,888Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $39 to $331
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,479professional $117

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
$42.66
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$354.81
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$309.03
5 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
$20.42
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$15.14

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 6th of 51

$1,597

$117 physician + $1,479 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.