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Placement of a Breast Radiation Catheter

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 19297

Places a soft catheter into the cavity left after a breast lump is removed, so radiation can later be delivered from inside the breast. The catheter expands to fit the space, stays in for the days of treatment, and is then taken out. It is put in during the same operation that removes the lump and is billed in addition to it.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Placement of a Breast Radiation Catheter cost?

$3,424

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,424 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $112 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$112$91.20 to $117
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$2,239 to $16,982

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $23,988Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $79 to $158
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $112

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$25,118.86
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$134.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$190.55
8 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$85.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$33.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$23.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$23.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$23.44

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 35.1 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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

South Carolina· 30th of 51

$3,424

$112 physician + $3,311 facility

AK $10,153MT $289

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.