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Placing A Breast Marker, First Site

Wyoming 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?

$1,054

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,054 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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$295$245 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$759 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,148Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $191 to $646
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $759professional $295

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$851.14

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 26th of 51

$1,054

$295 physician + $759 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.