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Placement of Breast Tissue Marker, Additional Site

South 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?

$1,260

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,260 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $138 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$138$53.70 to $182
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$182 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $55 to $16,596Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $45 to $282
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,122professional $138

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
$54.95
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$338.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$288.40

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 18.3 times more in California than in Maryland. 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

South Carolina· 25th of 50

$1,260

$138 physician + $1,122 facility

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.