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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 July 2026.

How much does Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement cost?

$3,066

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,066 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $182 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$182$85.11 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,380 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $372 to $5,754Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $72 to $562
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $2,884professional $182

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
$114.82
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$524.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$102.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$575.44
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$107.15
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$691.83

Where Indiana 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 feeIndiana $3,066 · 10th 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.