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Nipple And Areola Reconstruction

Tennessee 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?

$3,268

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,268 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$977$741 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,479 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $933 to $4,898Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $646 to $6,026
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $977

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
$1,174.90
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,737.80
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
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$616.60

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 26th of 51

$3,268

$977 physician + $2,291 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.