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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 October 2026.

How much does Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement cost?

$1,591

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,591 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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$389$97.72 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$646 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,660Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $81 to $589
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,202professional $389

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$323.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$691.83
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 14th of 51

$1,591

$389 physician + $1,202 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.