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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

Arizona 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?

$3,157

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,157 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$339$87.10 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,479 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $603 to $5,623Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $74 to $1,318
$20.0$100.0$500.0$2.0Kfacility $2,818professional $339

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
$954.99
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,318.26
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$691.83

Where Arizona 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 feeArizona $3,157 · 8th 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.