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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on skin and breast

Exchange of breast tissue expander for a permanent implant

CPT 11970the billing code this page is about

Surgical removal of a temporary tissue expander and placement of a permanent breast implant in the same session.

Hospitals typically charge $5,963 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 519 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $6,061. Most fall between $1,225 and $13,295 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
519
States
48
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 519 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$911$1,508$5,963$12,077$20,462

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 22× what the cheapest tenth charges ($911 vs $20,462).

How the prices are spread

$679 – $990: 51 hospitals$679$990 – $1,444: 43 hospitals$1,444 – $2,106: 44 hospitals$1,444$2,106 – $3,071: 19 hospitals$3,071 – $4,478: 42 hospitals$3,071$4,478 – $6,529: 42 hospitals$6,529 – $9,522: 100 hospitals$6,529$9,522 – $13,885: 66 hospitals$13,885 – $20,248: 34 hospitals$13,885$20,248 – $29,526: 28 hospitals$20,248median $5,963price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (469 of 519 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$679$99051
$990$1,44443
$1,444$2,10644
$2,106$3,07119
$3,071$4,47842
$4,478$6,52942
$6,529$9,522100
$9,522$13,88566
$13,885$20,24834
$20,248$29,52628

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$5,963
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.80×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $5,963.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,236 across 17 hospitalsMN$3,236Illinois: median $1,013 across 15 hospitalsIL$1,013Wisconsin: median $5,422 across 31 hospitalsWI$5,422Michigan: median $9,978 across 27 hospitalsMI$9,978New York: median $8,454 across 46 hospitalsNY$8,454Massachusetts: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,041 across 12 hospitalsOR$1,041Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,508 across 21 hospitalsIA$1,508Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $12,779 across 25 hospitalsOH$12,779Pennsylvania: median $5,050 across 25 hospitalsPA$5,050New Jersey: median $7,807 across 33 hospitalsNJ$7,807Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $12,438 across 48 hospitalsCA$12,438Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,016 across 11 hospitalsMO$1,016Kentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $5,294 across 11 hospitalsVA$5,294Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $943 across 12 hospitalsOK$943Louisiana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $6,943 across 26 hospitalsTX$6,943Florida: median $14,490 across 11 hospitalsFL$14,490
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $5,963. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL11$14,490+143%$2,142 – $20,462
Ohio OH25$12,779+114%$1,515 – $27,821
California CA48$12,438+109%$8,590 – $12,438
Michigan MI27$9,978+67%$962 – $21,712
New York NY46$8,454+42%$1,849 – $13,784
New Jersey NJ33$7,807+31%$4,350 – $8,415
Texas TX26$6,943+16%$6,911 – $7,253
Wisconsin WI31$5,422−9%$3,689 – $7,133
Virginia VA11$5,294−11%$3,576 – $21,668
Pennsylvania PA25$5,050−15%$364 – $14,613
Minnesota MN17$3,236−46%$2,464 – $5,581
Iowa IA21$1,508−75%$1,508 – $1,711
Oregon OR12$1,041−83%$1,041 – $1,354
Missouri MO11$1,016−83%$952 – $26,580
Illinois IL15$1,013−83%$752 – $3,153
Oklahoma OK12$943−84%$943 – $943
Georgia GA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $5,963.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care448$7,097$1,283 – $13,784
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access61$3,689$1,082 – $7,133
Ownership
For-profit55$7,029$943 – $14,738
Government60$1,927$1,013 – $8,904
Non-profit403$6,310$1,354 – $13,304
System affiliation
Part of a system428$6,943$1,354 – $13,784
Independent91$2,400$1,054 – $9,388

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$6,271
Median cash price$5,963
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

252 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,897 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,886; most fall between $1,000 and $10,468.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 252 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$799$1,041$2,897$8,590$12,438

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($799 vs $12,438).

Of the 280 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 252 gave a usable cash price; 16 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 12 a list price only.

How complete is this

519 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (13%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 565 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted519
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here27
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded8
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded11
Hospitals that filed this code565

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic procedures on skin and breast family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Replacement Tissue Expander W/Permanent Implant.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Exchange of breast tissue expander for a permanent implant (CPT 11970) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-11970-exchange-of-breast-tissue-expander-for-a-permanent-implant