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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

Utah 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?

$1,609

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,609 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $95.50 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$95.50$53.70 to $170
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$813 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $112 to $3,981Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $39 to $219
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $95

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
$112.20
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$257.04
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,089.30
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$177.83
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$199.53
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$194.98

Where Utah 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

Utah· 21st of 51

$1,609

$95.50 physician + $1,514 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.