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Breast Reconstruction With A Tissue Expander

New Mexico 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?

$7,826

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,826 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,660$1,380 to $2,188
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$2,884 to $18,197

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $28,184Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $2,630
$100$1K$10Kfacility $6,166professional $1,660

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$32,359.37
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,413.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$2,511.89
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,585.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 18th of 51

$7,826

$1,660 physician + $6,166 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.