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Breast Implant Removal

North Carolina 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 July 2026.

How much does Breast Implant Removal cost?

$2,262

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,262 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$603$537 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$537 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $295 to $8,710Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,445
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,660professional $603

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,479.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,174.90
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$19,498.45
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,786.30

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 9.7 times more in Indiana than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeNorth Carolina $2,262 · 45th of 50
IN $9,822DE $1,015

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.