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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 October 2026.

How much does Placement of Breast Tissue Marker, Additional Site cost?

$812

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $812 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $151 to the doctor who performs it, and $661 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$151$57.54 to $200
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$661$151 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $58 to $4,786Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $48 to $251
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $661professional $151

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
$91.20
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$281.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$218.78
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$257.04
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$239.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,454.71
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$302.00
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
$24.55
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$19.05

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 15th of 51

$812

$151 physician + $661 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.