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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

Maine 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?

$955

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $692 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$263$117 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$692$372 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $69 to $1,047Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $79 to $692
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $692professional $263

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$741.31
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$851.14
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$37.15
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$186.21
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$74.13
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$275.42
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$54.95

Where Maine 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

Maine· 38th of 51

$955

$263 physician + $692 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.