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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

South Carolina 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?

$1,361

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,361 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $102 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$102$46.77 to $151
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$501 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $85 to $5,623Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $42 to $302
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,259professional $102

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
$109.65
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$316.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$199.53
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$177.83

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 26th of 51

$1,361

$102 physician + $1,259 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.