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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

South Dakota 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?

$1,438

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,438 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $120 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$120$81.28 to $186
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$851 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $95 to $1,413Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $39 to $288
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,318professional $120

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
$851.14
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$426.58
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$741.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$251.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$223.87
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$281.84
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$218.78

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 25th of 51

$1,438

$120 physician + $1,318 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.