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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

Montana 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?

$275

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $105 to the doctor who performs it, and $170 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$105$56.23 to $178
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$170$72.44 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $71 to $1,445Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $39 to $295
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $170professional $105

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
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$186.21
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$190.55
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$190.55
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$186.21
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$204.17

Where Montana 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

Montana· 49th of 51

$275

$105 physician + $170 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.