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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 July 2026.

How much does Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement cost?

$2,607

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,607 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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$263$141 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$832 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $174 to $8,511Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $78 to $2,138
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,344professional $263

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
$575.44
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$2,137.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Nebraska 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 feeNebraska $2,607 · 14th 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.