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Placing a Tissue Expander Outside the Breast

Washington rates for HCPCS 11960

Inserts a silicone balloon under the skin somewhere other than the breast and then gradually fills it with fluid over weeks, so the skin above stretches and grows new tissue. The extra skin created is later used to cover a defect, replace scarred or burned skin, or rebuild an area. The repeated filling visits are part of this service.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placing a Tissue Expander Outside the Breast cost?

$2,818

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,818 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,950 to $9,120.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $15,136
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,818

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$18,620.87
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$19,498.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$4,677.35
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$9,549.93
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,041.74
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$20,417.38

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 10.7 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Washington· 32nd of 49

$2,818

IN $10,000WV $933

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.