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

Breast marker placement with ultrasound, each extra site

CPT 19286the billing code this page is about

Placement of a marker or clip in an additional breast target area through the skin with ultrasound guidance; billed once for each extra site beyond the first.

Hospitals typically charge $656 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,859 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $683. Most fall between $218 and $1,365 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,859
States
50
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – 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 1,859 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
$115$287$656$1,145$1,913

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($115 vs $1,913).

How the prices are spread

$74 – $105: 77 hospitals$74$105 – $150: 92 hospitals$150 – $214: 106 hospitals$150$214 – $305: 122 hospitals$305 – $435: 216 hospitals$305$435 – $621: 196 hospitals$621 – $886: 268 hospitals$621$886 – $1,265: 271 hospitals$1,265 – $1,805: 211 hospitals$1,265$1,805 – $2,577: 116 hospitals$1,805median $656price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,675 of 1,859 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$74$10577
$105$15092
$150$214106
$214$305122
$305$435216
$435$621196
$621$886268
$886$1,265271
$1,265$1,805211
$1,805$2,577116

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $656.

Alaska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $385 across 10 hospitalsME$385Vermont: median $334 across 12 hospitalsVT$334New Hampshire: median $332 across 13 hospitalsNH$332Washington: median $528 across 38 hospitalsWA$528Idaho: median $1,336 across 14 hospitalsID$1,336Montana: median $449 across 16 hospitalsMT$449North Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $435 across 54 hospitalsMN$435Illinois: median $845 across 84 hospitalsIL$845Wisconsin: median $782 across 83 hospitalsWI$782Michigan: median $802 across 70 hospitalsMI$802New York: median $164 across 56 hospitalsNY$164Massachusetts: median $242 across 34 hospitalsMA$242Oregon: median $358 across 38 hospitalsOR$358Nevada: median $288 across 10 hospitalsNV$288Wyoming: 8 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 $694 across 38 hospitalsIA$694Indiana: median $682 across 61 hospitalsIN$682Ohio: median $878 across 120 hospitalsOH$878Pennsylvania: median $432 across 75 hospitalsPA$432New Jersey: median $1,066 across 42 hospitalsNJ$1,066Connecticut: median $600 across 15 hospitalsCT$600Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $840 across 137 hospitalsCA$840Utah: median $1,336 across 26 hospitalsUT$1,336Colorado: median $1,062 across 43 hospitalsCO$1,062Nebraska: median $743 across 27 hospitalsNE$743Missouri: median $924 across 38 hospitalsMO$924Kentucky: median $621 across 19 hospitalsKY$621West Virginia: median $123 across 19 hospitalsWV$123Virginia: median $225 across 41 hospitalsVA$225Maryland: median $815 across 14 hospitalsMD$815Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $415 across 22 hospitalsAZ$415New Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $616 across 22 hospitalsKS$616Arkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $247 across 42 hospitalsTN$247North Carolina: median $895 across 57 hospitalsNC$895South Carolina: median $1,329 across 36 hospitalsSC$1,329Oklahoma: median $247 across 31 hospitalsOK$247Louisiana: median $99 across 33 hospitalsLA$99Mississippi: median $211 across 28 hospitalsMS$211Alabama: median $360 across 13 hospitalsAL$360Georgia: median $666 across 63 hospitalsGA$666Hawaii: median $417 across 13 hospitalsHI$417Texas: median $544 across 120 hospitalsTX$544Florida: median $1,058 across 76 hospitalsFL$1,058
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $656. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID14$1,336+104%$140 – $1,783
Utah UT26$1,336+104%$1,336 – $1,485
South Carolina SC36$1,329+102%$779 – $1,706
New Jersey NJ42$1,066+62%$181 – $4,881
Colorado CO43$1,062+62%$305 – $1,870
Florida FL76$1,058+61%$271 – $1,815
Missouri MO38$924+41%$397 – $1,237
North Carolina NC57$895+36%$433 – $1,146
Ohio OH120$878+34%$332 – $1,711
Illinois IL84$845+29%$355 – $1,530
California CA137$840+28%$241 – $1,003
Maryland MD14$815+24%$214 – $1,923
Michigan MI70$802+22%$374 – $1,767
Wisconsin WI83$782+19%$260 – $1,186
Nebraska NE27$743+13%$353 – $877
Iowa IA38$694+6%$352 – $1,145
Indiana IN61$682+4%$500 – $1,790
Georgia GA63$666+1%$374 – $912
Kentucky KY19$621−5%$223 – $1,427
Kansas KS22$616−6%$280 – $1,378
Connecticut CT15$600−9%$298 – $2,572
Texas TX120$544−17%$387 – $1,098
Washington WA38$528−20%$192 – $1,302
Montana MT16$449−32%$152 – $557
Minnesota MN54$435−34%$352 – $956
Pennsylvania PA75$432−34%$196 – $969
Hawaii HI13$417−36%$337 – $971
Arizona AZ22$415−37%$325 – $790
Maine ME10$385−41%$104 – $1,428
Alabama AL13$360−45%$168 – $636
Oregon OR38$358−45%$302 – $809
Vermont VT12$334−49%$158 – $735
New Hampshire NH13$332−49%$53 – $763
Nevada NV10$288−56%$115 – $1,200
Tennessee TN42$247−62%$94 – $670
Oklahoma OK31$247−62%$118 – $706
Massachusetts MA34$242−63%$85 – $598
Virginia VA41$225−66%$94 – $2,504
Mississippi MS28$211−68%$163 – $667
New York NY56$164−75%$74 – $732
West Virginia WV19$123−81%$42 – $469
Louisiana LA33$99−85%$51 – $972
North Dakota ND9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not 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 $656.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,547$669$226 – $1,372
Children’s13fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access290$557$149 – $1,064
Ownership
For-profit146$703$278 – $1,365
Government265$571$176 – $1,041
Non-profit1,439$662$223 – $1,421
System affiliation
Part of a system1,567$667$241 – $1,377
Independent292$536$149 – $1,116

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,065
Median cash price$656
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

1,459 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $754 and the average of the middle 60% is $752; most fall between $260 and $1,427.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,459 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
$137$326$754$1,259$1,980

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($137 vs $1,980).

Of the 1,579 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,459 gave a usable cash price; 44 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 76 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,859 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (47%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,066 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,859
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here84
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded122
Hospitals that filed this code2,066

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 Each Les US Image.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Breast marker placement with ultrasound, each extra site (CPT 19286) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-19286-breast-marker-placement-with-ultrasound-each-extra-site