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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 October 2026.

How much does Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement cost?

$1,115

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,115 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $813 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$79.43 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$813$324 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $87 to $2,818Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $71 to $589
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $813professional $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
$70.79
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$138.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$707.95
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$933.25
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,905.46
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$676.08
9 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$32.36

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 29th of 51

$1,115

$302 physician + $813 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.