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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

Virginia 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?

$1,561

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,561 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,230 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$331$97.72 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$398 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $105 to $4,898Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $83 to $646
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,230professional $331

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
$97.72
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$467.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$707.95
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$676.08
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,951.21
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$257.04
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
$41.69
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$53.70

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 16th of 51

$1,561

$331 physician + $1,230 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.