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Breast Reconstruction With A Tissue Expander

Idaho 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?

$4,467

Typical facility fee. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,239 to $16,982.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $44,668
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $4,467

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
$2,089.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$33,113.11
Typical High
$33,113.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$45,708.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$69,183.10
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,691.53
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28,840.32
Median
$39,810.72
Typical High
$57,543.99
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$43,651.58
Median
$61,659.50
Typical High
$87,096.36
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$27,542.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$70,794.58

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 33rd of 51

$4,467

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.