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Breast Reconstruction With A Tissue Expander

Colorado rates for HCPCS 19357

Rebuilds a breast by placing a temporary balloon-like expander under the skin or chest muscle. Over the following weeks or months salt water is added through a small port to stretch the tissue gradually, making room for a permanent implant later. It may be done at the time of the original breast surgery or as a separate operation afterwards, and the later exchange for a permanent implant is charged separately.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Breast Reconstruction With A Tissue Expander cost?

$16,998

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16,998 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,862 to the doctor who performs it, and $15,136 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,862$1,479 to $2,291
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$15,136$6,166 to $19,055

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15,136 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $28,184Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $2,818
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $15,136professional $1,862

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
$1,513.56
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,754.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,791.08
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$38,904.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,754.23
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,187.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,818.38
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$7,585.78
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,467.37
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
$588.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$912.01

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in Wyoming than in Hawaii. 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

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$16,998

$1,862 physician + $15,136 facility

WY $21,505HI $3,422

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.