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Nipple And Areola Reconstruction

Missouri 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?

$4,096

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,096 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$759 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,820 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $15,136Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,950
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,162professional $933

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
$1,071.52
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$13,182.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,023.29
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$16,982.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$12,022.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
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
$245.47
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$512.86

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 13th of 51

$4,096

$933 physician + $3,162 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.