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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

New Mexico 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?

$1,485

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,485 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $105 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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$51.29 to $219
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$151 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $60 to $2,692Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $41 to $490
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,380professional $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
$57.54
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$181.97
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$138.04
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$223.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$199.53

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 24th of 51

$1,485

$105 physician + $1,380 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.