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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

Arkansas 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?

$890

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $890 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $95.50 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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$95.50$48.98 to $123
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$363 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $120 to $1,820Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $39 to $224
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $794professional $95

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
$77.62
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$223.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$186.21
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$169.82

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 37th of 51

$890

$95.50 physician + $794 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.