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Nipple And Areola Reconstruction

Oregon 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?

$2,965

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,965 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,380$1,023 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$1,380 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $776 to $2,239
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $1,380

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
$5,128.61
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,290.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,137.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$13,803.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,778.28
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,659.59
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,890.45
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,238.72
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$15,135.61
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,454.71
13 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
$436.52
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$831.76
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$588.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$234.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$891.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$177.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$117.49
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$831.76
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$22,908.68

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 32nd of 51

$2,965

$1,380 physician + $1,585 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.