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Placement of Breast Tissue Marker, Additional Site

West 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?

$277

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $277 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $126 to the doctor who performs it, and $151 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$126$48.98 to $178
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$151$47.86 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $48 to $1,230Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $43 to $191
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0Kfacility $151professional $126

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
$47.86
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$190.55
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$61.66
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$275.42

Where West Virginia 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 feeWest Virginia $277 · 49th 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.