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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 October 2026.

How much does Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement cost?

$843

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $843 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $182 to the doctor who performs it, and $661 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$182$110 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$661$537 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,380Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $85 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $661professional $182

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
$97.72
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$537.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$478.63
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$776.25
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$660.69
5 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
$48.98
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$53.70

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 44th of 51

$843

$182 physician + $661 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.