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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

Georgia 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?

$2,724

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,724 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $269 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$269$105 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,660 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $741 to $5,623Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $79 to $759
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,455professional $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
$407.38
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$776.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$416.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$707.95
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$812.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$831.76

Where Georgia 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 feeGeorgia $2,724 · 11th 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.