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Surgical Removal of a Breast Lump

Utah 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?

$4,558

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,558 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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$389$95.50 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$1,000 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $417 to $9,333Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $65 to $646
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,169professional $389

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
$416.87
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$501.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$11,481.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$870.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25
7 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
$208.93
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$346.74
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$16,982.44

Where Utah 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

Utah· 7th of 51

$4,558

$389 physician + $4,169 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.