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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

New Jersey 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?

$4,077

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,077 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $95.50 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$40.74 to $138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$1,660 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $178 to $9,333Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $36 to $251
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,981professional $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
$144.54
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$575.44
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$14,791.08
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$288.40
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,548.13
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$190.55

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 2nd of 51

$4,077

$95.50 physician + $3,981 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.