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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

Michigan 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?

$999

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $999 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $87.10 to the doctor who performs it, and $912 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$87.10$50.12 to $117
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$912$490 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $63 to $2,042Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $37 to $141
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $912professional $87

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
$63.10
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$128.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$169.82
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$162.18
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$158.49

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 35th of 51

$999

$87.10 physician + $912 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.