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Nipple And Areola Reconstruction

Nebraska 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?

$3,667

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,667 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$1,096$871 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,622 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $9,120Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,950
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,570professional $1,096

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
$776.25
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$19,952.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$16,982.44
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$6,165.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,187.76
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,951.21
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,995.26
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
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$537.03

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 21st of 51

$3,667

$1,096 physician + $2,570 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.