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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 July 2026.

How much does Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement cost?

$2,407

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,407 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $269 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$269$87.10 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$977 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $513 to $7,586Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $74 to $871
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,138professional $269

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
$416.87
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$933.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$602.56
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$724.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,244.36
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$467.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$741.31
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$354.81

Where Florida 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 feeFlorida $2,407 · 19th 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.