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Nipple And Areola Reconstruction

Mississippi 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?

$2,555

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,555 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$776$646 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$759 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $692 to $5,129Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,549
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $1,778professional $776

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
$575.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$54,954.09
Median
$54,954.09
Typical High
$54,954.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,513.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Mississippi sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeMississippi $2,555 · 44th of 50
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.