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Placing A Radiation Catheter In The Breast

Washington rates for HCPCS 19296

A catheter is positioned in the cavity left in the breast after a lump has been removed, so that radiation can later be delivered from inside the breast to the tissue immediately around where the lump was. Imaging is used to place it, and it stays in until the course of radiation is finished. It is placed at a separate visit rather than during the lump removal itself.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placing A Radiation Catheter In The Breast cost?

$2,884

Typical physician fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,884 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $339 to $6,457.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $229 to $9,550
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kprofessional $2,884

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,511.38
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$10,715.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,232.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$186.21
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,332.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$9,772.37
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$5,888.44

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 18.2 times more in Hawaii than in Michigan. 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.

Washington· 36th of 51

$2,884

HI $8,128MI $447

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.