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Procedure price report · Breast biopsy and other diagnostic procedures on breast

Needle drainage of a breast cyst, each additional cyst

CPT 19001the billing code this page is about

Billed once for each further breast cyst drained through a needle during the same visit, in addition to the first cyst.

Hospitals typically charge $259 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,889 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $282. Most fall between $93 and $541 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,889
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – 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 1,889 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
$48$120$259$485$849

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 18× what the cheapest tenth charges ($48 vs $849).

How the prices are spread

$29 – $42: 61 hospitals$29$42 – $61: 92 hospitals$61 – $87: 112 hospitals$61$87 – $126: 123 hospitals$126 – $182: 235 hospitals$126$182 – $262: 233 hospitals$262 – $379: 275 hospitals$262$379 – $546: 296 hospitals$546 – $788: 153 hospitals$546$788 – $1,137: 121 hospitals$788median $259price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,701 of 1,889 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$29$4261
$42$6192
$61$87112
$87$126123
$126$182235
$182$262233
$262$379275
$379$546296
$546$788153
$788$1,137121

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $259.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $632 across 12 hospitalsME$632Vermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $139 across 13 hospitalsNH$139Washington: median $221 across 44 hospitalsWA$221Idaho: median $354 across 14 hospitalsID$354Montana: median $78 across 16 hospitalsMT$78North Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $142 across 59 hospitalsMN$142Illinois: median $328 across 100 hospitalsIL$328Wisconsin: median $176 across 85 hospitalsWI$176Michigan: median $210 across 75 hospitalsMI$210New York: median $192 across 55 hospitalsNY$192Massachusetts: median $329 across 33 hospitalsMA$329Oregon: median $77 across 37 hospitalsOR$77Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: median $120 across 11 hospitalsWY$120South Dakota: median $320 across 10 hospitalsSD$320Iowa: median $165 across 48 hospitalsIA$165Indiana: median $210 across 63 hospitalsIN$210Ohio: median $343 across 115 hospitalsOH$343Pennsylvania: median $324 across 73 hospitalsPA$324New Jersey: median $916 across 40 hospitalsNJ$916Connecticut: median $427 across 13 hospitalsCT$427Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $476 across 139 hospitalsCA$476Utah: median $233 across 16 hospitalsUT$233Colorado: median $163 across 48 hospitalsCO$163Nebraska: median $150 across 36 hospitalsNE$150Missouri: median $228 across 39 hospitalsMO$228Kentucky: median $398 across 16 hospitalsKY$398West Virginia: median $143 across 22 hospitalsWV$143Virginia: median $357 across 42 hospitalsVA$357Maryland: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $176 across 29 hospitalsAZ$176New Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $189 across 31 hospitalsKS$189Arkansas: median $114 across 12 hospitalsAR$114Tennessee: median $178 across 37 hospitalsTN$178North Carolina: median $244 across 55 hospitalsNC$244South Carolina: median $379 across 33 hospitalsSC$379Oklahoma: median $163 across 31 hospitalsOK$163Louisiana: median $169 across 31 hospitalsLA$169Mississippi: median $322 across 31 hospitalsMS$322Alabama: median $393 across 20 hospitalsAL$393Georgia: median $541 across 65 hospitalsGA$541Hawaii: median $229 across 11 hospitalsHI$229Texas: median $380 across 105 hospitalsTX$380Florida: median $459 across 67 hospitalsFL$459
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $259. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ40$916+253%$85 – $4,627
Maine ME12$632+144%$43 – $872
Georgia GA65$541+109%$238 – $1,059
California CA139$476+84%$224 – $978
Florida FL67$459+77%$117 – $996
Connecticut CT13$427+65%$215 – $903
Kentucky KY16$398+53%$40 – $624
Alabama AL20$393+52%$42 – $877
Texas TX105$380+47%$202 – $493
South Carolina SC33$379+46%$325 – $731
Virginia VA42$357+38%$158 – $566
Idaho ID14$354+36%$194 – $701
Ohio OH115$343+32%$167 – $749
Massachusetts MA33$329+27%$97 – $598
Illinois IL100$328+26%$98 – $704
Pennsylvania PA73$324+25%$36 – $497
Mississippi MS31$322+24%$112 – $477
South Dakota SD10$320+24%$90 – $388
North Carolina NC55$244−6%$130 – $352
Utah UT16$233−10%$233 – $233
Hawaii HI11$229−12%$206 – $379
Missouri MO39$228−12%$37 – $331
Washington WA44$221−15%$57 – $402
Indiana IN63$210−19%$109 – $515
Michigan MI75$210−19%$26 – $465
New York NY55$192−26%$66 – $545
Kansas KS31$189−27%$87 – $335
Tennessee TN37$178−31%$88 – $220
Arizona AZ29$176−32%$94 – $930
Wisconsin WI85$176−32%$53 – $293
Louisiana LA31$169−35%$94 – $414
Iowa IA48$165−36%$76 – $346
Colorado CO48$163−37%$71 – $453
Oklahoma OK31$163−37%$156 – $282
Nebraska NE36$150−42%$62 – $229
West Virginia WV22$143−45%$22 – $688
Minnesota MN59$142−45%$91 – $236
New Hampshire NH13$139−47%$23 – $272
Wyoming WY11$120−54%$80 – $295
Arkansas AR12$114−56%$73 – $248
Montana MT16$78−70%$39 – $182
Oregon OR37$77−70%$38 – $371
North Dakota ND9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not 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 $259.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,494$285$113 – $566
Children’s20$234$131 – $749
Critical access367$176$52 – $478
Ownership
For-profit142$380$112 – $807
Government315$229$77 – $502
Non-profit1,424$255$95 – $523
System affiliation
Part of a system1,560$279$107 – $545
Independent329$199$59 – $480

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$469
Median cash price$259
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

1,448 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $314 and the average of the middle 60% is $315; most fall between $122 and $589.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,448 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
$64$152$314$508$916

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($64 vs $916).

Of the 1,580 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,448 gave a usable cash price; 43 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 89 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,889 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (48%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,101 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,889
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here74
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded137
Hospitals that filed this code2,101

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 Breast biopsy and other diagnostic procedures on breast family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Puct/Aspir Breast Cyst,Each Addn.

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, “Needle drainage of a breast cyst, each additional cyst (CPT 19001) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-19001-needle-drainage-of-a-breast-cyst-each-additional-cyst