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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 October 2026.

How much does Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement cost?

$1,347

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,347 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,000 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$347$112 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,000$550 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $363 to $2,455Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $87 to $1,820
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $347

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
$331.13
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$512.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$758.58
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$831.76
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
$33.88
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$44.67

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 22nd of 51

$1,347

$347 physician + $1,000 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.