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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

Tennessee 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?

$1,285

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,285 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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$214$95.50 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$417 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $324 to $3,162Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $81 to $676
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,072professional $214

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
$316.23
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$575.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$794.33
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$831.76

Where Tennessee 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 feeTennessee $1,285 · 41st 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.