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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

Utah 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?

$3,537

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,537 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$447$126 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,023 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $151 to $4,571Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $83 to $955
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $3,090professional $447

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
$151.36
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$660.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$257.04
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,089.30
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$660.69
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$741.31
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$794.33

Where Utah 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 feeUtah $3,537 · 5th 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.