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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 October 2026.

How much does Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement cost?

$935

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $935 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 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$468$158 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$468$151 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $87 to $1,660Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $120 to $933
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $468professional $468

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
$87.10
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$812.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,047.13
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$69.18

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 41st of 51

$935

$468 physician + $468 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.