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Breast Reconstruction With A Tissue Expander

Tennessee 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?

$7,414

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,414 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,754 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$1,230 to $2,630
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$3,162 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $933 to $11,749
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,754professional $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
$1,230.27
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,454.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,754.23
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,090.30
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
$446.68
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$891.25

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 23rd of 51

$7,414

$1,660 physician + $5,754 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.