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Additional-Site Breast Marker Placement, Ultrasound-Guided

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 19286

This is an add-on service for placing a small marker inside an additional area of concern in the breast, using ultrasound to guide placement, during the same visit as marking a first area. The marker helps a surgeon later locate the exact spot that needs to be removed. It applies when more than one site in the breast needs to be marked in one session.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Additional-Site Breast Marker Placement, Ultrasound-Guided cost?

$129

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $48.98 to $550.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $102 to $3,311Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $42 to $813
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $813professional $110

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,311.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$48.98
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$912.01
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$851.14
2 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
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$33.11

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 6.9 times more in Iowa than in Nebraska. 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.

Washington, DC· 45th of 51

$129

IA $537NE $77.62

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.