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Placing Markers To Aim Later Radiation Treatment

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 49412

Small markers are placed inside the abdomen or pelvis during an open operation, at the spot that will later be treated with radiation. They show up clearly on scans so the radiation beam can be aimed precisely at the target. Placing them is billed in addition to the main operation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Placing Markers To Aim Later Radiation Treatment cost?

$363

Typical total for the visit. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $158 to the doctor who performs it, and $204 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$158$126 to $219
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$204$132 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $72 to $1,660Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $79 to $302
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $204professional $158

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
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$302.00
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$309.03
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$302.00
2 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
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$74.13

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 25.4 times more in Alabama 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

Minnesota· 49th of 51

$363

$158 physician + $204 facility

AL $6,554MT $258

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.