Surgery and procedures CPT 19081 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Breast biopsy, stereotactic cost in Sheboygan, WI — inpatient

In Sheboygan, WI, 2 hospitals list a cash price for breast needle biopsy guided by mammogram (stereotactic), with marker clip, first lesion as an inpatient: from $2,680.00 to $3,192.42, with a median of $2,936.21. The lowest listed price is at Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County — $256.21 less than the median here. Across Wisconsin, the median is $1,814.96 at 62 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 19081, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 21, 2025 and Nov 21, 2025.

Lowest$2,680.00Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County
Median$2,936.21half pay less
Highest$3,192.42in this market
Difference1.2×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Sheboygan, WI.

median
Lowest $2,680.00Highest $3,192.42

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County lowest Sheboygan, WI · (920) 451-5000 BREAST BX STEREO GUIDANCE 1ST $2,680.00 $5,360.00 $3,216.00–$4,556.00 50% Nov 21, 2025
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St Nicholas Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Sheboygan, WI · (920) 459-8300 HC MAMM STER GUIDE BRST MAMMT STEREO CORE $3,192.42 $4,837.00 $308.36–$4,837.00 34% —
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Inpatient: lowest $2,680.00, median $2,936.21, highest $3,192.42 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $2,936.21 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

This code covers a breast needle biopsy guided by mammogram images, including placing a tiny marker clip at the biopsy site.

What the price covers

The price covers the biopsy, imaging guidance and marker clip. The lab exam of the tissue is billed separately.