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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

North Carolina 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?

$1,574

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,574 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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$372$95.50 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$372 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $100 to $5,623Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $78 to $1,047
$20.0$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,202professional $372

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
$114.82
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$812.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$549.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$831.76
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where North Carolina 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 feeNorth Carolina $1,574 · 35th 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.