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Breast Cyst Fluid Drainage

West 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?

$1,640

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,640 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $91.20 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$91.20$48.98 to $105
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$776 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $93 to $2,754Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $39 to $178
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,549professional $91

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
$93.33
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,754.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$169.82
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$54.95
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$489.78
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$173.78

Where West 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

West Virginia· 19th of 51

$1,640

$91.20 physician + $1,549 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.