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Surgical Removal of a Breast Lump

Louisiana 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?

$3,291

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,291 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$468 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,549 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $851 to $5,888Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $407 to $776
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $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
$478.63
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$676.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$588.84
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$870.96
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
$269.15
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$436.52

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 15th of 51

$3,291

$537 physician + $2,754 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.