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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 July 2026.

How much does Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement cost?

$1,443

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,443 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$347$97.72 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$398 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $102 to $6,918Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $83 to $776
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,096professional $347

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
$144.54
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$645.65
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$812.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$724.44
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$3,311.31
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$831.76

Where Virginia 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 feeVirginia $1,443 · 38th 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.