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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

Connecticut 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?

$3,114

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,114 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 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$295$97.72 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,023 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $575 to $7,079Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $69 to $759
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $295

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
$3,467.37
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$9,120.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$707.95
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$977.24
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
$46.77
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$66.07

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 1st of 51

$3,114

$295 physician + $2,818 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.