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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

New Hampshire 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?

$494

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $494 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $95.50 to the doctor who performs it, and $398 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$95.50$60.26 to $148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$398$100 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $40 to $2,884Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $40 to $209
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $398professional $95

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
$208.93
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$128.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$288.40
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$295.12

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 45th of 51

$494

$95.50 physician + $398 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.