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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

North Dakota 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?

$914

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $914 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $468 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$162 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$468$87.10 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $87 to $2,512Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $87 to $1,096
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $468professional $447

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
$79.43
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$977.24

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota $914 · 47th 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.