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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

Idaho 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?

$1,015

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,015 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $692 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$324$132 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$692$407 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $155 to $2,692Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $110 to $708
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $692professional $324

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
$154.88
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$660.69
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$5,754.40
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$660.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$630.96
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$676.08
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,290.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$707.95
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$2,951.21
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$812.83
20 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
$52.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$97.72
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$302.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$120.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$446.68
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$89.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$60.26

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 35th of 51

$1,015

$324 physician + $692 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.