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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

Alaska rates for HCPCS 19285

A small marker, clip, or wire is placed at the site of a breast finding using ultrasound imaging for guidance, so the exact spot can be relocated later. It is typically done before a follow-up procedure such as surgical removal, to help the surgeon find the area precisely. This covers marking one site during the visit.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement cost?

$2,166

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,166 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$331 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$759 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $437 to $9,772Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $117 to $1,698
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $468

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
$436.52
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,348.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$6,606.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,187.76
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,479.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$10,964.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.5 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

Alaska· 8th of 51

$2,166

$468 physician + $1,698 facility

CT $3,114MT $570

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.