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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

Florida 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?

$808

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $808 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $513 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$295$91.20 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$513$74.13 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $39 to $4,898Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $71 to $661
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $513professional $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
$169.82
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$575.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$128.82
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$9,772.37
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$645.65
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$4,570.88
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$478.63
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$741.31
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
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
$36.31
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$43.65

Where Florida 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

Florida· 46th of 51

$808

$295 physician + $513 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.