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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

North Carolina 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?

$460

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $460 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $105 to the doctor who performs it, and $355 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$105$54.95 to $174
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$355$123 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $58 to $2,042Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $42 to $302
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $355professional $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
$64.57
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$302.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$218.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$181.97
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$204.17
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$812.83

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 46th of 51

$460

$105 physician + $355 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.