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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

South Carolina 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?

$939

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $939 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $575 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$363$158 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$575$355 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $135 to $4,898Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $85 to $676
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $575professional $363

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
$93.33
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$426.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$691.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$812.83
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
$42.66
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$39.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$186.21
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$128.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$128.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$128.82

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 40th of 51

$939

$363 physician + $575 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.