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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

Kentucky 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?

$1,632

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,632 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $83.18 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$83.18$47.86 to $105
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$200 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $69 to $3,388Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $37 to $186
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,549professional $83

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
$53.70
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$194.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$81.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$117.49
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$63.10
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$489.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$181.97

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 20th of 51

$1,632

$83.18 physician + $1,549 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.