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Nipple And Areola Reconstruction

North Carolina 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?

$2,984

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,984 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$1,122$912 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,047 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $759 to $4,898Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,042
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $1,122

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
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,818.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
10 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
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 31st of 51

$2,984

$1,122 physician + $1,862 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.