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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 October 2026.

How much does Nipple And Areola Reconstruction cost?

$3,755

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,755 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$871$759 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,549 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $955 to $6,607Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,259
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $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
$676.08
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,445.44
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
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 19th of 51

$3,755

$871 physician + $2,884 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.