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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 July 2026.

How much does Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement cost?

$1,015

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,015 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 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$398$112 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$617$145 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $141 to $1,995Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $81 to $2,042
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $617professional $398

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$741.31
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$851.14
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$851.14
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$676.08
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$851.14

Where Montana 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 feeMontana $1,015 · 45th 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.