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Breast Reconstruction With A Tissue Expander

Connecticut 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 July 2026.

How much does Breast Reconstruction With A Tissue Expander cost?

$8,511

Typical facility fee. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,511 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $6,026 to $14,125.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $3,311 to $25,119
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $8,511

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$20,892.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$31,622.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$18,620.87

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 16.2 times more in West Virginia than in Maryland. 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.

Connecticut· 10th of 51

$8,511

WV $19,055MD $1,175

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.