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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

New Hampshire 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?

$1,142

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,142 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $251 to the doctor who performs it, and $891 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$251$110 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$891$708 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $447 to $2,884Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $81 to $832
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $891professional $251

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$446.68
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,467.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,122.02
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,884.03
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,071.52
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
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$44.67

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 28th of 51

$1,142

$251 physician + $891 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.