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Surgical Removal of a Breast Lump

New Jersey 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?

$3,456

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,456 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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$437$355 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,820 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $525 to $8,511Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $437

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
$354.81
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$870.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$562.34
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,467.37
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,071.52
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$14,791.08
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$977.24
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
$151.36
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$302.00

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 14th of 51

$3,456

$437 physician + $3,020 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.