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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

Louisiana 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?

$856

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $856 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $525 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$331$95.50 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$525$234 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $83 to $1,950Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $87 to $575
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $525professional $331

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
$398.11
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$562.34
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$389.05
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$707.95
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
$47.86
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$52.48

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 42nd of 51

$856

$331 physician + $525 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.