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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

Colorado 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?

$3,023

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,023 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$331$126 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,259 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $525 to $5,370Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $100 to $794
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $331

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
$128.82
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$741.31
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$575.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$630.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$776.25
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$812.83
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
$41.69
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$37.15

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 3rd of 51

$3,023

$331 physician + $2,692 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.