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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 October 2026.

How much does Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement cost?

$1,511

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,511 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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$363$93.33 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$501 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $339 to $3,890Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $79 to $776
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,148professional $363

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
$91.20
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$457.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$109.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$691.83
5 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
$30.90
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$33.11

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 18th of 51

$1,511

$363 physician + $1,148 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.