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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

Arizona 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?

$2,848

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,848 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $93.33 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$93.33$45.71 to $219
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,445 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $407 to $5,623Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $37 to $537
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,754professional $93

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
$1,445.44
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$549.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$186.21
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$162.18

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 8th of 51

$2,848

$93.33 physician + $2,754 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.