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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 July 2026.

How much does Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement cost?

$1,600

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,600 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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$282$100 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$661 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $398 to $3,467Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $78 to $631
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,318professional $282

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
$467.74
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$602.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$501.19
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$707.95

Where Louisiana 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 feeLouisiana $1,600 · 34th 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.