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Breast Reconstruction With A Tissue Expander

New Jersey 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 October 2026.

How much does Breast Reconstruction With A Tissue Expander cost?

$7,471

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,471 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,445 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,445$1,202 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$3,890 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $14,791Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $776 to $3,388
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $6,026professional $1,445

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,801.89
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$51,286.14
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,311.31
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$954.99

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in Wyoming than in Hawaii. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

New Jersey· 21st of 51

$7,471

$1,445 physician + $6,026 facility

WY $21,505HI $3,422

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.