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Surgical Removal of a Breast Lump

Arkansas 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?

$2,086

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,086 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$537$447 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$1,148 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $794 to $4,786Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $389 to $776
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,549professional $537

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
$446.68
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$616.60
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$851.14
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$912.01
6 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
$223.87
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$371.54

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 43rd of 51

$2,086

$537 physician + $1,549 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.