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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

Oregon 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?

$1,039

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,039 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$263$155 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$589 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $417 to $3,631Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $110 to $1,000
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $776professional $263

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
$154.88
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,047.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$870.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,025.60
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$831.76
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$977.24
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$11,481.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,023.29
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,818.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,174.90
11 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
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$63.10
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$316.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$125.89
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$478.63
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$95.50
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$63.10
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 31st of 51

$1,039

$263 physician + $776 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.