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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

Montana 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?

$570

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $570 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $162 to the doctor who performs it, and $407 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$162$120 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$407$123 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $123 to $676Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $79 to $692
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $407professional $162

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
$851.14
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$575.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$645.65
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$645.65
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$851.14

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$570

$162 physician + $407 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.