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Surgical Removal of a Breast Lump

Nebraska 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 July 2026.

How much does Surgical Removal of a Breast Lump cost?

$7,308

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,308 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$851$525 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,457$2,399 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $813 to $13,490Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,138
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,457professional $851

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
$831.76
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$6,456.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,801.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,412.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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

Nebraska· 8th of 51

$7,308

$851 physician + $6,457 facility

IN $8,607ND $1,372

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.