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Breast Reduction Surgery

Delaware rates for HCPCS 19318

Reduces the size of the breasts by removing excess breast tissue, fat and skin, then reshaping and lifting what remains and repositioning the nipple on the smaller breast. It is done to relieve neck, shoulder and back pain, grooving from bra straps, rashes in the fold beneath the breast, and difficulty exercising caused by very large breasts. Both sides are usually treated in the same operation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Breast Reduction Surgery cost?

$3,967

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,967 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,148$977 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,778 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $8,128Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $955 to $2,138
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $1,148

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,949.84
1 more rate 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
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Colorado than in West Virginia. 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

Delaware· 46th of 51

$3,967

$1,148 physician + $2,818 facility

CO $13,103WV $3,079

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.