Surgery and procedures CPT 19083 Outpatient

Breast biopsy, ultrasound-guided cost in Oxnard, CA

In Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for ultrasound-guided breast needle biopsy with marker clip, first lesion: from $2,066.29 to $2,180.81, with a median of $2,123.55. The lowest listed price is at Dignity Health — $57.26 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $3,090.24 at 115 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 19083, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.

Lowest$2,066.29Dignity Health
Median$2,123.55half pay less
Highest$2,180.81in this market
Difference1.1×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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA.

median
Lowest $2,066.29Highest $2,180.81

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Dignity Health lowest Camarillo, CA BX BREAST US PERC 1ST UNI $2,066.29 $4,979.00 $928.80–$10,984.00 58% Feb 28, 2026
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Dignity Health Oxnard, CA · (805) 988-2500 BX BREAST US PERC 1ST UNI $2,180.81 $4,979.00 $928.80–$10,984.00 56% Feb 28, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $2,066.29, median $2,123.55, highest $2,180.81 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $2,123.55. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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 none is it 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

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.