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Nipple And Areola Reconstruction

Indiana 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?

$4,893

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,893 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$912$692 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$1,862 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $14,454Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,413
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,981professional $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
$562.34
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$17,378.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,344.23
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,513.56
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,495.41
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
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
$275.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$549.54

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 9th of 51

$4,893

$912 physician + $3,981 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.