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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 October 2026.

How much does Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement cost?

$1,539

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,539 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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$417$191 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$537 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $363 to $2,399Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $123 to $1,349
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,122professional $417

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,548.82
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,513.56
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$36.31

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 17th of 51

$1,539

$417 physician + $1,122 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.