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Nipple And Areola Reconstruction

Alabama rates for HCPCS 19350

A reconstructive procedure that rebuilds the nipple and the darker skin around it, the areola, using the patient's own tissue, typically as one of the final steps after breast reconstruction following a mastectomy. It restores a natural-looking nipple-areola appearance rather than removing any breast tissue.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Nipple And Areola Reconstruction cost?

$5,548

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,548 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 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$871$724 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$1,622 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $851 to $4,786Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,677professional $871

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
$645.65
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
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
$323.59
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Connecticut than in Arkansas. 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

Alabama· 7th of 51

$5,548

$871 physician + $4,677 facility

CT $7,673AR $2,094

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.