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Nipple And Areola Reconstruction

Michigan 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?

$3,093

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,093 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$955$813 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$1,259 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $851 to $4,467Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,259
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $955

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
$812.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,548.82
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,025.60
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,202.26
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$489.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$194.98
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$724.44
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$144.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$97.72
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$676.08
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
1 more rate 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
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 29th of 51

$3,093

$955 physician + $2,138 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.