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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

Florida 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?

$2,039

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,039 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $89.13 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$89.13$47.86 to $117
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$813 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $155 to $8,128Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $37 to $219
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $89

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
$151.36
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$223.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$128.82
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$190.55
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,606.93
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$102.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$181.97
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$100.00

Where Florida 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

Florida· 10th of 51

$2,039

$89.13 physician + $1,950 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.