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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 October 2026.

How much does Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement cost?

$1,214

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,214 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $912 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$302$107 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$912$501 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $245 to $3,236Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $83 to $617
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $912professional $302

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
$91.20
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$501.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$602.56
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$457.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$812.83
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
$37.15
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$33.88

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 24th of 51

$1,214

$302 physician + $912 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.