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Additional-Site Breast Marker Placement, Ultrasound-Guided

Maine 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?

$214

Typical physician fee. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $51.29 to $407.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $229 to $229Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $40 to $550
$50$100$200$500facility $229professional $214

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$380.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$660.69
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$588.84
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$724.44

Where Maine sits

The same service costs 15.8 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Maine· 48th of 51

$214

CA $1,445WV $91.20

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.