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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

Missouri 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?

$2,446

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,446 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $155 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$155$81.28 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$933 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $316 to $5,012Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $72 to $676
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $2,291professional $155

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
$316.23
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$602.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$691.83

Where Missouri 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 feeMissouri $2,446 · 18th 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.