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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

Alaska 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?

$558

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $558 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $372 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$186$93.33 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$372$123 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $59 to $4,677Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $46 to $479
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $372professional $186

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
$371.54
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$169.82
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$478.63
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$645.65
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$549.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$478.63
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$630.96

Where Alaska sits

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

Alaska· 44th of 51

$558

$186 physician + $372 facility

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.