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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

Ohio 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?

$1,187

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,187 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $832 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$355$93.33 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$832$479 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $295 to $4,467Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $78 to $631
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $832professional $355

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
$134.90
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,187.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$138.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,311.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$851.14
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$691.83
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$676.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$602.56
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$741.31
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
$36.31
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$33.88

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 26th of 51

$1,187

$355 physician + $832 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.