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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

Louisiana 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?

$1,352

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,352 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $93.33 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$93.33$50.12 to $129
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$646 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $288 to $3,467Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $39 to $155
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $93

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
$128.82
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$154.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$123.03
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$169.82

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 27th of 51

$1,352

$93.33 physician + $1,259 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.