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Breast Reconstruction With A Tissue Expander

Louisiana 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?

$3,467

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,698 to $6,761.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $16,596
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,467

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
$933.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$52,480.75
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$30,902.95
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$21,379.62

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 40th of 51

$3,467

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.