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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

Colorado 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?

$3,115

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,115 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $95.50 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$95.50$43.65 to $123
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,000 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $100 to $5,888Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $39 to $204
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $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
$100.00
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$208.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$204.17
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$165.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$323.59
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$208.93
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$208.93

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 6th of 51

$3,115

$95.50 physician + $3,020 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.