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Nipple And Areola Reconstruction

Connecticut 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?

$7,673

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,673 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$912$708 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$3,311 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $912 to $13,490Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,761professional $912

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
$4,570.88
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,047.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,023.29
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,778.28
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
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$724.44

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 1st of 51

$7,673

$912 physician + $6,761 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.