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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 19000

A thin needle is inserted into a fluid-filled cyst in the breast to draw out (aspirate) the fluid, both to relieve discomfort from the cyst and to check the fluid if needed. It is a quick outpatient procedure usually done in a clinic, often with ultrasound used to guide the needle to the cyst.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage cost?

$1,917

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,917 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $97.72 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 72 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$97.72$53.70 to $158
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$550 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $93 to $6,310Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $39 to $302
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $98

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
$93.33
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$204.17

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 22.9 times more in Connecticut than in Delaware. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

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CT $4,172DE $182

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.