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Marker Placed in an Extra Breast Spot, MRI Guided

Alaska rates for HCPCS 19288

Places a small marker into a second or further area of concern in the breast so the spot can be found again later, using MRI pictures to steer the needle. The marker is left in place to pinpoint the area for surgery or follow-up imaging. It is billed in addition to the first area marked.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Marker Placed in an Extra Breast Spot, MRI Guided cost?

$468

Typical facility fee. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $115 to $1,738.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $71 to $3,162
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $468

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
$218.78
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,187.76
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 77.6 times more in New Hampshire 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.

Alaska· 44th of 49

$468

NH $8,913DE $115

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.