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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

Arkansas 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?

$1,115

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,115 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $813 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$302$97.72 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$813$537 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,820Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $76 to $646
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kfacility $813professional $302

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
$120.23
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$602.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$478.63
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$812.83
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$660.69

Where Arkansas 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 feeArkansas $1,115 · 43rd 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.