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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

Connecticut 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?

$4,172

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,172 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $97.72 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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$97.72$63.10 to $158
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$2,089 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $891 to $7,943Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $38 to $275
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,074professional $98

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
$851.14
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$10,471.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$257.04
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$194.98
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$208.93

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 1st of 51

$4,172

$97.72 physician + $4,074 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.