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Breast Reconstruction With A Tissue Expander

Michigan 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?

$5,754

Typical facility fee. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,754 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,890 to $12,303.

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 $5,754 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $19,498
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $5,754

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
$1,380.38
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$19,054.61
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$37,153.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$28,183.83

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 21st of 51

$5,754

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.