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Breast Reconstruction With A Tissue Expander

Minnesota 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?

$6,918

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,918 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,548 to $16,596.

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 $6,918 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $50,119
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $6,918

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
$1,122.02
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$33,113.11
Typical High
$79,432.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$34,673.69
Median
$67,608.30
Typical High
$186,208.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$35,481.34

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 17th of 51

$6,918

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.