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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

Rhode Island 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?

$89.13

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $89.13 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $45.71 to $115.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $562 to $3,890Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $32 to $155
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $89

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
$562.34
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$177.83

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 13.5 times more in Hawaii than in Alabama. 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.

Rhode Island· 50th of 51

$89.13

HI $1,202AL $89.13

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.