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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

Kentucky 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?

$2,086

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,086 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$224$79.43 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$562 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $129 to $3,020Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $72 to $562
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,862professional $224

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
$97.72
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$537.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$138.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$457.09
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$125.89
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,905.46
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$724.44

Where Kentucky 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 feeKentucky $2,086 · 23rd 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.