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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

Alabama 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?

$1,430

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,430 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$282$81.28 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$617 to $1,549

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $309 to $2,399Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $72 to $490
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,148professional $282

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
$81.28
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$426.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$630.96

Where Alabama 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 feeAlabama $1,430 · 39th 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.