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Placing A Breast Marker Using MRI Guidance

Hawaii 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?

$708

Typical physician fee. In Hawaii, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $123 to $832.

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 $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $4,467Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $100 to $1,175
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,467professional $617

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
$1,778.28
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$954.99
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,318.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$912.01

Where Hawaii sits

The same service costs 10.7 times more in California 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.

Hawaii· 19th of 51

$708

CA $3,467DE $324

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.