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Surgical Removal of a Breast Lump

Alabama rates for HCPCS 19120

A surgeon makes an incision to remove a lump, cyst, or other abnormal area of tissue from the breast, along with a margin of surrounding tissue, and sends it to a lab for examination. This can be done to treat a benign growth or to remove and evaluate tissue that may be cancerous. It differs from a needle biopsy in that the tissue is removed surgically rather than sampled with a needle.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Surgical Removal of a Breast Lump cost?

$2,532

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,532 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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$490$398 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,622 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $851 to $3,162Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $363 to $692
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $490

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$489.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$831.76
7 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 7.2 times more in Vermont than in Maine. 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

Alabama· 28th of 51

$2,532

$490 physician + $2,042 facility

VT $9,370ME $1,294

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.