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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 July 2026.

How much does Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement cost?

$3,315

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,315 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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$295$85.11 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,445 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $447 to $6,166Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $78 to $692
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $3,020professional $295

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
$371.54
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$812.83
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$616.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,096.48
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$776.25
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$851.14

Where Colorado 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 feeColorado $3,315 · 6th 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.