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Placement of Breast Tissue Marker, Additional Site

Rhode Island 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?

$132

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $52.48 to $195.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $214 to $3,802Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $38 to $224
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,230professional $132

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
$117.49
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$281.84

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Rhode Island· 50th of 51

$132

CA $813WV $129

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.