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Breast Reconstruction With A Tissue Expander

South Carolina 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?

$10,000

Typical facility fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,000 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4,169 to $19,498.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,000 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $22,909
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,000

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
$1,258.93
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$25,118.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$8,709.64
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$32,359.37

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 6th of 51

$10,000

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.