Surgery and procedures CPT 19083 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Breast biopsy, ultrasound-guided cost in DuBois, PA — inpatient

In DuBois, PA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for ultrasound-guided breast needle biopsy with marker clip, first lesion (one side of the body) as an inpatient: from $429.00 to $429.00, with a median of $429.00. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $3,314.42 at 45 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 19083, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Aug 1, 2025 and Aug 1, 2025.

Lowest$429.00Penn Highlands Dubois
Median$429.00half pay less
Highest$429.00in this market
Difference1.0×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 DuBois, PA.

median
Lowest $429.00Highest $19,615.00
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Penn Highlands Dubois one side lowest DuBois, PA · (814) 371-2200 PC US Biopsy Breast Left $429.00 $429.00 — — Aug 1, 2025
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Penn Highlands Dubois one side lowest DuBois, PA · (814) 371-2200 PC US Biopsy Breast Left $429.00 $429.00 — — Aug 1, 2025
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Penn Highlands Dubois both sides DuBois, PA · (814) 371-2200 US BIOPSY BREAST BILATERAL $19,615.00 $19,615.00 — — Aug 1, 2025
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Penn Highlands Dubois both sides DuBois, PA · (814) 371-2200 US BIOPSY BREAST BILATERAL $19,615.00 $19,615.00 — — Aug 1, 2025
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One side of the body : lowest $429.00, median $429.00, highest $429.00.

Both sides : lowest $19,615.00, median $19,615.00, highest $19,615.00.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $429.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

In this biopsy a needle guided by ultrasound takes tissue samples from a breast lump or area of concern, and a tiny marker clip is placed at the site. It is usually done after an abnormal mammogram or breast ultrasound.

What the price covers

The price covers the biopsy of the first lesion with ultrasound guidance and the clip. The pathologist's exam is billed separately, and a follow-up mammogram to check the clip position may also be billed separately.