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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

Illinois 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?

$1,683

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,683 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $204 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$204$89.13 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$933 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $339 to $4,571Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $78 to $661
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,479professional $204

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
$331.13
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$676.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$676.08
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$933.25
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$457.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$812.83

Where Illinois 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 feeIllinois $1,683 · 33rd 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.