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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

New Jersey 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?

$4,192

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,192 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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$302$79.43 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$1,413 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $575 to $8,511Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $72 to $912
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $3,890professional $302

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
$457.09
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,023.29
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$5,370.32
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,148.15
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$660.69
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,235.94
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$812.83

Where New Jersey 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 feeNew Jersey $4,192 · 3rd 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.