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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

Massachusetts 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?

$1,512

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,512 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$224$89.13 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$151 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $93 to $3,548Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $74 to $871
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,288professional $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
$245.47
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$660.69
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,548.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,071.52
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$691.83
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$891.25
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,801.89
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,548.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$977.24

Where Massachusetts 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 feeMassachusetts $1,512 · 37th 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.