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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

Maryland 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?

$211

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $211 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $117 to the doctor who performs it, and $93.33 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$117$61.66 to $288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$93.33$56.23 to $102

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $21 to $3,090Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $41 to $490
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $93professional $117

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
$20.89
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$3,090.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$501.19
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$213.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$186.21
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$158.49

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 50th of 51

$211

$117 physician + $93.33 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.