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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

Minnesota 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?

$568

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $568 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $151 to the doctor who performs it, and $417 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$151$95.50 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$417$275 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $102 to $2,239Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $63 to $347
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $417professional $151

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
$39.81
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$416.87
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$758.58
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$346.74

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 43rd of 51

$568

$151 physician + $417 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.