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Additional-Site Breast Marker Placement, Ultrasound-Guided

Iowa 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 July 2026.

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

$2,656

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,656 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$417$75.86 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$575 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $87 to $6,761Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $51 to $1,950
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $2,239professional $417

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
$87.10
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$870.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$954.99
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$630.96

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 15.0 times more in New Jersey than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeIowa $2,656 · 9th of 50
NJ $4,718MD $315

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.