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Surgical Removal of a Breast Lump

South Dakota 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?

$2,447

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,447 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$933$646 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$741 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $575 to $5,754Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,380
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $933

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
$501.19
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,801.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,187.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,023.29
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,380.38
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
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
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$354.81

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 33rd of 51

$2,447

$933 physician + $1,514 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.