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Nipple And Areola Reconstruction

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

How much does Nipple And Areola Reconstruction cost?

$3,852

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,852 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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$832$724 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,202 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $891 to $6,026Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,175
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $832

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
$831.76
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$977.24
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in Indiana 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· 33rd of 50

$3,852

$832 physician + $3,020 facility

IN $11,457WV $1,501

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.