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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

Illinois 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?

$1,159

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,159 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $87.10 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$87.10$52.48 to $126
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$380 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $83 to $4,074Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $38 to $174
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,072professional $87

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
$83.18
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$177.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$194.98
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$346.74
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$128.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$199.53

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 29th of 51

$1,159

$87.10 physician + $1,072 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.