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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

Michigan 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?

$1,567

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,567 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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$186$100 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$575 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $148 to $2,884Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $78 to $575
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,380professional $186

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
$147.91
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$524.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$616.60
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$630.96
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$645.65

Where Michigan 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 feeMichigan $1,567 · 36th 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.