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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

Iowa 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?

$1,850

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,850 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $151 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$151$83.18 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$195 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $87 to $5,888Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $41 to $631
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $151

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
$87.10
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$288.40
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$371.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$436.52
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$281.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$288.40
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$269.15
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$213.80

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 14th of 51

$1,850

$151 physician + $1,698 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.