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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

Nebraska 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?

$1,192

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,192 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $145 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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$145$110 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$575 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $389 to $6,166Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $76 to $912
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,047professional $145

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
$165.96
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$870.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,691.53
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,096.48
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,122.02
5 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$33.11

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 25th of 51

$1,192

$145 physician + $1,047 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.