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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

Georgia 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?

$2,494

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,494 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $95.50 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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$95.50$58.88 to $151
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,259 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $120 to $5,370Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $43 to $209
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,399professional $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
$93.33
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$208.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$173.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,073.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$218.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$204.17

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 9th of 51

$2,494

$95.50 physician + $2,399 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.