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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

Massachusetts 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?

$1,050

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,050 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $95.50 to the doctor who performs it, and $955 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$95.50$56.23 to $170
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$955$89.13 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $48 to $3,388Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $38 to $295
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $955professional $95

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
$89.13
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$338.84
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$288.40
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$190.55
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$251.19
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$263.03

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 33rd of 51

$1,050

$95.50 physician + $955 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.