go back

Breast Implant Removal

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 19328

In this surgery, a doctor removes a breast implant that is still intact, without removing any breast tissue. People choose this procedure for reasons that include implant complications, changing preferences, or a doctor's recommendation, and it can be done with or without placing a new implant afterward.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Breast Implant Removal cost?

$2,479

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,479 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$525 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,514 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $832 to $7,943Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $447 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $617

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
$446.68
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$776.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$630.96
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01
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
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$467.74

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 5.3 times more in Oklahoma 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

Louisiana· 37th of 51

$2,479

$617 physician + $1,862 facility

OK $8,074WV $1,522

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.