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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

Virginia 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?

$703

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $703 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $100 to the doctor who performs it, and $603 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$100$52.48 to $145
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$603$102 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $50 to $5,248Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $42 to $186
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $603professional $100

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
$67.61
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$186.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$162.18
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$194.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$302.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$199.53
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$2,951.21
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$190.55

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 41st of 51

$703

$100 physician + $603 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.