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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

Delaware 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?

$182

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $91.20 to the doctor who performs it, and $91.20 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$91.20$38.02 to $107
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$91.20$37.15 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $91 · 10th to 90th $37 to $1,585Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $37 to $269
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $91professional $91

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
$37.15
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$169.82
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$154.88

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 51st of 51

$182

$91.20 physician + $91.20 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.