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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 July 2026.

How much does Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement cost?

$1,725

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,725 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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$437$214 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$355 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $95 to $8,318Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $78 to $1,738
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,288professional $437

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
$588.84
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$741.31
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,238.72
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,398.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 10.7 times more in California than in Vermont. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeAlaska $1,725 · 29th of 51
CA $4,745VT $445

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.