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

Breast marker placement, stereotactic, first lesion

CPT 19283the billing code this page is about

Placement of a wire, clip, or other marker into the breast through the skin using stereotactic mammographic guidance; covers the first lesion marked.

Hospitals typically charge $1,142 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,495 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,217. Most fall between $548 and $2,136 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,495
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 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 1,495 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
$310$662$1,142$1,962$3,050

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($310 vs $3,050).

How the prices are spread

$228 – $304: 55 hospitals$228$304 – $405: 75 hospitals$405 – $539: 90 hospitals$405$539 – $719: 129 hospitals$719 – $958: 214 hospitals$719$958 – $1,277: 181 hospitals$1,277 – $1,701: 206 hospitals$1,277$1,701 – $2,267: 215 hospitals$2,267 – $3,022: 103 hospitals$2,267$3,022 – $4,027: 80 hospitals$3,022median $1,142price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,348 of 1,495 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$228$30455
$304$40575
$405$53990
$539$719129
$719$958214
$958$1,277181
$1,277$1,701206
$1,701$2,267215
$2,267$3,022103
$3,022$4,02780

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$723
Median cash price$1,142
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.58×

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 $1,142.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $590 across 10 hospitalsNH$590Washington: median $1,434 across 31 hospitalsWA$1,434Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $996 across 39 hospitalsMN$996Illinois: median $1,340 across 62 hospitalsIL$1,340Wisconsin: median $1,203 across 67 hospitalsWI$1,203Michigan: median $804 across 67 hospitalsMI$804New York: median $833 across 54 hospitalsNY$833Massachusetts: median $816 across 24 hospitalsMA$816Oregon: median $1,529 across 24 hospitalsOR$1,529Nevada: 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: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,471 across 28 hospitalsIA$1,471Indiana: median $1,437 across 41 hospitalsIN$1,437Ohio: median $1,679 across 94 hospitalsOH$1,679Pennsylvania: median $925 across 60 hospitalsPA$925New Jersey: median $965 across 49 hospitalsNJ$965Connecticut: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,456 across 103 hospitalsCA$1,456Utah: median $1,444 across 15 hospitalsUT$1,444Colorado: median $1,708 across 39 hospitalsCO$1,708Nebraska: median $863 across 26 hospitalsNE$863Missouri: median $1,634 across 37 hospitalsMO$1,634Kentucky: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $1,190 across 38 hospitalsVA$1,190Maryland: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $869 across 19 hospitalsAZ$869New Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,231 across 10 hospitalsKS$1,231Arkansas: median $501 across 11 hospitalsAR$501Tennessee: median $550 across 48 hospitalsTN$550North Carolina: median $1,371 across 46 hospitalsNC$1,371South Carolina: median $2,033 across 33 hospitalsSC$2,033Oklahoma: median $523 across 30 hospitalsOK$523Louisiana: median $376 across 19 hospitalsLA$376Mississippi: median $655 across 20 hospitalsMS$655Alabama: median $740 across 14 hospitalsAL$740Georgia: median $1,181 across 60 hospitalsGA$1,181Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,221 across 109 hospitalsTX$1,221Florida: median $812 across 56 hospitalsFL$812
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,142. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Carolina SC33$2,033+78%$1,636 – $2,693
Colorado CO39$1,708+50%$688 – $3,354
Ohio OH94$1,679+47%$1,130 – $3,115
Missouri MO37$1,634+43%$788 – $2,202
Oregon OR24$1,529+34%$968 – $2,603
Iowa IA28$1,471+29%$528 – $2,058
California CA103$1,456+27%$716 – $2,239
Utah UT15$1,444+26%$909 – $1,444
Indiana IN41$1,437+26%$905 – $2,321
Washington WA31$1,434+26%$638 – $1,886
North Carolina NC46$1,371+20%$753 – $1,870
Illinois IL62$1,340+17%$570 – $2,216
Kansas KS10$1,231+8%$825 – $6,807
Texas TX109$1,221+7%$490 – $2,201
Wisconsin WI67$1,203+5%$594 – $1,900
Virginia VA38$1,190+4%$402 – $3,363
Georgia GA60$1,181+3%$909 – $1,752
Minnesota MN39$996−13%$515 – $1,661
New Jersey NJ49$965−16%$816 – $5,110
Pennsylvania PA60$925−19%$516 – $1,793
Arizona AZ19$869−24%$709 – $2,426
Nebraska NE26$863−24%$631 – $1,451
New York NY54$833−27%$396 – $1,782
Massachusetts MA24$816−29%$456 – $2,081
Florida FL56$812−29%$378 – $3,395
Michigan MI67$804−30%$493 – $1,311
Alabama AL14$740−35%$454 – $1,142
Mississippi MS20$655−43%$514 – $1,046
New Hampshire NH10$590−48%$126 – $941
Tennessee TN48$550−52%$280 – $986
Oklahoma OK30$523−54%$271 – $1,403
Arkansas AR11$501−56%$343 – $1,438
Louisiana LA19$376−67%$195 – $1,003
Connecticut CT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not 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 $1,142.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,294$1,181$585 – $2,201
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access183$923$398 – $1,783
Ownership
For-profit139$1,063$628 – $2,254
Government197$969$440 – $1,795
Non-profit1,151$1,198$576 – $2,201
System affiliation
Part of a system1,288$1,195$603 – $2,176
Independent207$916$416 – $2,002

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,111
Median cash price$1,142
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

1,127 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,311 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,310; most fall between $572 and $2,216.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,127 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
$343$672$1,311$2,055$3,115

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($343 vs $3,115).

Of the 1,206 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,127 gave a usable cash price; 24 carried a plausibility flag, 2 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 1 gave an estimate, and 52 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,495 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (38%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,604 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,495
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here42
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded3
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded6
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded58
Hospitals that filed this code1,604

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 Perq Breast Loc Device Placemt 1st Strtctc Gdnce.

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 marker placement, stereotactic, first lesion (CPT 19283) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-19283-breast-marker-placement-stereotactic-first-lesion