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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

Indiana 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?

$2,259

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,259 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$309$85.11 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$603 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $363 to $5,129Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $72 to $550
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $309

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
$75.86
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$446.68
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$436.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$676.08
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$912.01
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$630.96
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$691.83
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
$35.48
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$33.88

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 7th of 51

$2,259

$309 physician + $1,950 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.