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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

Minnesota 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?

$1,695

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,695 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$437$200 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$933 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $380 to $2,818Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $129 to $1,259
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,259professional $437

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
$79.43
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,548.82
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,818.38
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Minnesota 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 feeMinnesota $1,695 · 32nd 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.