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Placing A Breast Marker, First Site

Florida rates for HCPCS 19283

Places a tiny marker, such as a clip, small metal pellet or fine wire, into the breast at an abnormal spot so it can be found again later, for example during surgery or on a future scan. A needle is passed through the skin under imaging guidance and the marker is left behind. This covers the first spot marked, and no tissue is removed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Placing A Breast Marker, First Site cost?

$729

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $729 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $204 to the doctor who performs it, and $525 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$204$110 to $269
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$525$74.13 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $39 to $4,898Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $83 to $417
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $525professional $204

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
$457.09
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$295.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$295.12
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$9,772.37
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$416.87
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$4,570.88
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$288.40
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$457.09
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
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
$42.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$23.44

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in Connecticut than in Montana. 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

Florida· 43rd of 51

$729

$204 physician + $525 facility

CT $3,027MT $479

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.