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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

Kansas 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?

$1,732

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,732 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $72.44 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$72.44$53.70 to $126
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$661 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $110 to $7,413Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $38 to $145
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $72

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
$109.65
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$144.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$194.98
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$162.18

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 17th of 51

$1,732

$72.44 physician + $1,660 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.