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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

Oklahoma 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?

$978

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $978 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $589 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$389$112 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$589$170 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $126 to $3,631Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $87 to $589
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $589professional $389

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
$331.13
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$549.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$630.96

Where Oklahoma 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 feeOklahoma $978 · 46th 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.