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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

Tennessee 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?

$1,237

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,237 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $89.13 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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$89.13$51.29 to $129
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$589 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $195 to $2,754Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $41 to $229
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,148professional $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
$107.15
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,691.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$218.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$194.98
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$208.93

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 28th of 51

$1,237

$89.13 physician + $1,148 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.