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Procedure price report · Breast biopsy and other diagnostic procedures on breast

Breast biopsy with MRI guidance, first lesion

CPT 19085the billing code this page is about

A needle sample is taken from a breast lesion using MRI to guide the needle, including placement of a marker clip and the imaging used; covers the first lesion sampled.

Hospitals typically charge $2,854 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,592 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,877. Most fall between $1,505 and $4,855 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,592
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,592 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$965$1,706$2,854$4,437$6,166

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($965 vs $6,166).

How the prices are spread

$589 – $757: 37 hospitals$589$757 – $972: 49 hospitals$972 – $1,249: 70 hospitals$972$1,249 – $1,605: 113 hospitals$1,605 – $2,062: 213 hospitals$1,605$2,062 – $2,650: 201 hospitals$2,650 – $3,405: 254 hospitals$2,650$3,405 – $4,375: 172 hospitals$4,375 – $5,622: 194 hospitals$4,375$5,622 – $7,224: 138 hospitals$5,622median $2,854price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,441 of 1,592 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$589$75737
$757$97249
$972$1,24970
$1,249$1,605113
$1,605$2,062213
$2,062$2,650201
$2,650$3,405254
$3,405$4,375172
$4,375$5,622194
$5,622$7,224138

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,687
Median cash price$2,854
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.69×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,854.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,948 across 30 hospitalsWA$2,948Idaho: median $4,179 across 11 hospitalsID$4,179Montana: median $1,349 across 11 hospitalsMT$1,349North Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,839 across 52 hospitalsMN$1,839Illinois: median $2,492 across 77 hospitalsIL$2,492Wisconsin: median $2,861 across 70 hospitalsWI$2,861Michigan: median $2,658 across 52 hospitalsMI$2,658New York: median $2,694 across 66 hospitalsNY$2,694Massachusetts: median $2,055 across 34 hospitalsMA$2,055Oregon: median $2,008 across 26 hospitalsOR$2,008Nevada: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,895 across 28 hospitalsIA$2,895Indiana: median $2,525 across 52 hospitalsIN$2,525Ohio: median $3,197 across 96 hospitalsOH$3,197Pennsylvania: median $2,739 across 79 hospitalsPA$2,739New Jersey: median $2,163 across 54 hospitalsNJ$2,163Connecticut: median $3,541 across 14 hospitalsCT$3,541Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $5,093 across 113 hospitalsCA$5,093Utah: median $4,179 across 26 hospitalsUT$4,179Colorado: median $4,429 across 35 hospitalsCO$4,429Nebraska: median $2,021 across 18 hospitalsNE$2,021Missouri: median $2,595 across 31 hospitalsMO$2,595Kentucky: median $2,155 across 13 hospitalsKY$2,155West Virginia: median $2,422 across 15 hospitalsWV$2,422Virginia: median $2,241 across 38 hospitalsVA$2,241Maryland: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $2,860 across 20 hospitalsAZ$2,860New Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,200 across 14 hospitalsKS$2,200Arkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $1,011 across 32 hospitalsTN$1,011North Carolina: median $2,498 across 42 hospitalsNC$2,498South Carolina: median $4,628 across 34 hospitalsSC$4,628Oklahoma: median $2,161 across 26 hospitalsOK$2,161Louisiana: median $939 across 27 hospitalsLA$939Mississippi: median $2,012 across 19 hospitalsMS$2,012Alabama: median $1,724 across 18 hospitalsAL$1,724Georgia: median $3,175 across 59 hospitalsGA$3,175Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,232 across 109 hospitalsTX$3,232Florida: median $3,358 across 68 hospitalsFL$3,358
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,854. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA113$5,093+78%$2,439 – $6,402
South Carolina SC34$4,628+62%$2,877 – $6,048
Colorado CO35$4,429+55%$2,128 – $5,870
Idaho ID11$4,179+46%$1,984 – $4,347
Utah UT26$4,179+46%$4,179 – $4,916
Connecticut CT14$3,541+24%$2,312 – $5,841
Florida FL68$3,358+18%$1,505 – $5,342
Texas TX109$3,232+13%$1,875 – $3,497
Ohio OH96$3,197+12%$1,741 – $5,504
Georgia GA59$3,175+11%$1,850 – $4,988
Washington WA30$2,948+3%$2,000 – $3,501
Iowa IA28$2,895+1%$1,148 – $3,929
Wisconsin WI70$2,8610%$1,754 – $3,623
Arizona AZ20$2,8600%$952 – $5,759
Pennsylvania PA79$2,739−4%$1,688 – $6,430
New York NY66$2,694−6%$1,917 – $4,595
Michigan MI52$2,658−7%$1,861 – $4,755
Missouri MO31$2,595−9%$1,546 – $3,629
Indiana IN52$2,525−12%$1,679 – $3,980
North Carolina NC42$2,498−12%$2,173 – $3,238
Illinois IL77$2,492−13%$853 – $5,050
West Virginia WV15$2,422−15%$176 – $2,671
Virginia VA38$2,241−21%$1,301 – $6,156
Kansas KS14$2,200−23%$1,533 – $8,299
New Jersey NJ54$2,163−24%$1,793 – $5,419
Oklahoma OK26$2,161−24%$1,077 – $3,303
Kentucky KY13$2,155−24%$774 – $6,506
Massachusetts MA34$2,055−28%$1,250 – $3,471
Nebraska NE18$2,021−29%$1,564 – $2,936
Mississippi MS19$2,012−30%$1,265 – $2,506
Oregon OR26$2,008−30%$376 – $4,437
Minnesota MN52$1,839−36%$954 – $2,854
Alabama AL18$1,724−40%$1,448 – $5,366
Montana MT11$1,349−53%$1,003 – $1,720
Tennessee TN32$1,011−65%$589 – $1,526
Louisiana LA27$939−67%$518 – $3,055
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,854.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,405$2,877$1,555 – $4,940
Children’s13fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access168$2,422$954 – $3,980
Ownership
For-profit128$2,577$1,297 – $4,765
Government193$2,247$1,360 – $4,112
Non-profit1,265$2,865$1,610 – $4,916
System affiliation
Part of a system1,395$2,914$1,610 – $4,916
Independent197$2,090$1,172 – $3,850

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,912
Median cash price$2,854
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,229 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,072 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,117; most fall between $1,620 and $5,010.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,229 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,011$1,825$3,072$4,628$6,419

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,011 vs $6,419).

Of the 1,305 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,229 gave a usable cash price; 33 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 43 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,592 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (40%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,703 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,592
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here57
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded50
Hospitals that filed this code1,703

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Breast biopsy and other diagnostic procedures on breast family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Bx Breast W/Device 1st Lesion Magnetic Res Guid.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Breast biopsy with MRI guidance, first lesion (CPT 19085) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-19085-breast-biopsy-with-mri-guidance-first-lesion