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Placing A Breast Marker, First Site

Utah 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 July 2026.

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

$3,402

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,402 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$240$126 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,230 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $282 to $4,786Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $95 to $479
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,162professional $240

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
$112.20
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$446.68
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$309.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,089.30
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$457.09
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$524.81
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$478.63

Where Utah sits

The same service costs 16.0 times more in New Jersey than in Delaware. 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

Utah· 9th of 50

$3,402

$240 physician + $3,162 facility

NJ $5,599DE $349

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.