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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

Delaware 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?

$561

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $561 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $347 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$214$75.86 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$347$74.13 to $363

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $72 to $2,344Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $72 to $1,047
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $347professional $214

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
$72.44
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$707.95
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$676.08

Where Delaware 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 feeDelaware $561 · 50th 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.