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Nipple And Areola Reconstruction

New Jersey 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?

$3,944

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,944 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$708$589 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,950 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $741 to $10,471Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,738
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $708

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
$602.56
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,479.11
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$15,848.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,737.80
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$14,791.08
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,621.81
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
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$512.86

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 15th of 51

$3,944

$708 physician + $3,236 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.