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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

New Mexico 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?

$1,031

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,031 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $692 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$339$123 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$692$417 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $200 to $2,089Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $100 to $708
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $692professional $339

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
$109.65
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$660.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$501.19
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,445.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$912.01

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 33rd of 51

$1,031

$339 physician + $692 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.