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Ultrasound-Guided Breast Marker Placement

Vermont 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?

$839

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $839 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $468 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$372$135 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$468$182 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $170 to $1,023Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $100 to $832
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $468professional $372

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$954.99

Where Vermont 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

Vermont· 45th of 51

$839

$372 physician + $468 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.