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Placing A Breast Marker Using MRI Guidance

California rates for HCPCS 19287

This service places a small marker, clip, or wire inside the breast to mark the exact location of an area of concern, using MRI imaging to guide precise placement. It's typically used when an abnormality is visible on MRI but not clearly seen with other imaging methods, so a surgeon can later find and remove the correct tissue. It covers placement at a single location.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placing A Breast Marker Using MRI Guidance cost?

$6,549

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,549 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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 13 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$661$158 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$3,890 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $13,804Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $112 to $3,467
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $661

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
$2,398.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$18,197.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,890.45
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,344.23
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,137.96
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,778.28
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$977.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$1,905.46
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$851.14
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,174.90
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,659.59
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,630.27
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where California sits

The same service costs 12.4 times more in Nebraska than in Delaware. 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

California· 3rd of 49

$6,549

$661 physician + $5,888 facility

NE $7,209DE $583

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.