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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

Mississippi 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?

$846

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $846 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $617 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$229$83.18 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$617$347 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,445Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $72 to $631
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $617professional $229

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
$72.44
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$630.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$851.14
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$831.76

Where Mississippi 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 feeMississippi $846 · 48th 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.