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Placement Of Breast Radiation Catheters

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 19298

Placement of thin tubes into the breast so a radioactive source can later be inserted to deliver radiation directly to the area where a tumor was removed. Imaging is used to position the tubes accurately. The radiation treatment itself is given separately, through the tubes.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placement Of Breast Radiation Catheters cost?

$12,313

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,313 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $11,482 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$832$347 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$11,482$933 to $20,417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,482 · 10th to 90th $407 to $22,909Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,259
$100$1K$10Kfacility $11,482professional $832

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
$346.74
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$25,703.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,238.72
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$32,359.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 19.1 times more in Maine 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

South Carolina· 7th of 50

$12,313

$832 physician + $11,482 facility

ME $28,997WV $1,519

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.