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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

Alabama 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?

$1,016

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,016 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $83.18 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$83.18$40.74 to $93.33
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$562 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $87 to $1,862Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $37 to $129
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $933professional $83

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
$40.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$144.54

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 34th of 51

$1,016

$83.18 physician + $933 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.