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Placing An Additional Breast Marker, Imaging-Guided

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 19284

This service places a small marker, clip, or wire inside the breast to mark the exact location of a second area of concern, so a surgeon can find and remove the right tissue during a later procedure. It uses a specialized imaging technique that pinpoints the location in three dimensions. It's billed in addition to the placement of the first marker during the same visit.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placing An Additional Breast Marker, Imaging-Guided cost?

$204

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $48.98 to $457.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $49 to $7,762Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $49 to $229
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,138professional $186

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
$48.98
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$204.17
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$562.34
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$457.09

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 12.0 times more in California 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.

Washington, DC· 13th of 51

$204

CA $1,514DE $126

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.