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Placement of Breast Tissue Marker, Additional Site

Virginia 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?

$771

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $771 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $155 to the doctor who performs it, and $617 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$155$57.54 to $200
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$617$85.11 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $58 to $7,079Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $49 to $339
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $617professional $155

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
$85.11
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$812.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$269.15
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$309.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$524.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$288.40
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$1,659.59
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$302.00

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 30th of 50

$771

$155 physician + $617 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.