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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

Iowa 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?

$2,164

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,164 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$427$129 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$708 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $186 to $5,888Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $83 to $1,738
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,738professional $427

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
$186.21
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,071.52
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,412.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,096.48
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,122.02
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$776.25

Where Iowa 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 feeIowa $2,164 · 22nd 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.