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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

North Dakota 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?

$786

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $786 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $110 to the doctor who performs it, and $676 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$110$83.18 to $191
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$676$102 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $44 to $1,995Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $44 to $251
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $676professional $110

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
$43.65
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$245.47

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 39th of 51

$786

$110 physician + $676 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.