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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 October 2026.

How much does Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement cost?

$941

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $941 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 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$295$110 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$437 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $363 to $3,802Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $85 to $759
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $646professional $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
$85.11
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$977.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,148.15
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$912.01
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$933.25
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
$64.57
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$40.74

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 39th of 51

$941

$295 physician + $646 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.