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Placement of Breast Tissue Marker, Additional Site

Tennessee 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?

$737

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $737 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $135 to the doctor who performs it, and $603 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$135$56.23 to $191
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$603$295 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $120 to $2,818Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $43 to $288
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $603professional $135

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
$134.90
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$302.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$338.84

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 18.3 times more in California than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeTennessee $737 · 32nd of 50
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.