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Procedure price report · Lumpectomy, quadrantectomy of breast

Removal of breast lesion marked before surgery

CPT 19125the billing code this page is about

Surgical removal of one breast lesion that was pinpointed beforehand with a wire or other marker placed using imaging.

Hospitals typically charge $2,583 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,024 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,947. Most fall between $889 and $6,474 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,024
States
50
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 1,024 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
$639$1,041$2,583$5,605$10,173

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($639 vs $10,173).

How the prices are spread

$519 – $721: 72 hospitals$519$721 – $1,003: 122 hospitals$1,003 – $1,393: 110 hospitals$1,003$1,393 – $1,937: 107 hospitals$1,937 – $2,692: 66 hospitals$1,937$2,692 – $3,741: 70 hospitals$3,741 – $5,199: 154 hospitals$3,741$5,199 – $7,226: 90 hospitals$7,226 – $10,043: 78 hospitals$7,226$10,043 – $13,958: 54 hospitals$10,043median $2,583price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (923 of 1,024 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$519$72172
$721$1,003122
$1,003$1,393110
$1,393$1,937107
$1,937$2,69266
$2,692$3,74170
$3,741$5,199154
$5,199$7,22690
$7,226$10,04378
$10,043$13,95854

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$4,000
Median cash price$2,583
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.65×

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 $2,583.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $726 across 10 hospitalsME$726Vermont: median $869 across 11 hospitalsVT$869New Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,600 across 28 hospitalsWA$1,600Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: median $862 across 12 hospitalsMT$862North Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,460 across 38 hospitalsMN$1,460Illinois: median $1,653 across 40 hospitalsIL$1,653Wisconsin: median $2,583 across 42 hospitalsWI$2,583Michigan: median $1,279 across 49 hospitalsMI$1,279New York: median $4,531 across 73 hospitalsNY$4,531Massachusetts: median $5,248 across 11 hospitalsMA$5,248Oregon: median $1,115 across 29 hospitalsOR$1,115Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,354 across 37 hospitalsIA$1,354Indiana: median $1,250 across 28 hospitalsIN$1,250Ohio: median $3,067 across 36 hospitalsOH$3,067Pennsylvania: median $4,626 across 40 hospitalsPA$4,626New Jersey: median $4,540 across 35 hospitalsNJ$4,540Connecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $5,011 across 72 hospitalsCA$5,011Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,167 across 12 hospitalsCO$1,167Nebraska: median $1,529 across 15 hospitalsNE$1,529Missouri: median $925 across 25 hospitalsMO$925Kentucky: median $1,757 across 19 hospitalsKY$1,757West Virginia: median $1,365 across 18 hospitalsWV$1,365Virginia: median $10,173 across 16 hospitalsVA$10,173Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $947 across 28 hospitalsKS$947Arkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $2,968 across 15 hospitalsTN$2,968North Carolina: median $3,143 across 10 hospitalsNC$3,143South Carolina: median $6,222 across 20 hospitalsSC$6,222Oklahoma: median $935 across 13 hospitalsOK$935Louisiana: median $3,540 across 21 hospitalsLA$3,540Mississippi: median $4,215 across 15 hospitalsMS$4,215Alabama: median $3,309 across 13 hospitalsAL$3,309Georgia: median $4,115 across 21 hospitalsGA$4,115Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,695 across 56 hospitalsTX$3,695Florida: median $3,844 across 22 hospitalsFL$3,844
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,583. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Virginia VA16$10,173+294%$3,653 – $13,027
South Carolina SC20$6,222+141%$4,573 – $6,222
Massachusetts MA11$5,248+103%$2,441 – $10,374
California CA72$5,011+94%$1,726 – $9,184
Pennsylvania PA40$4,626+79%$340 – $7,216
New Jersey NJ35$4,540+76%$4,238 – $5,339
New York NY73$4,531+75%$1,057 – $5,634
Mississippi MS15$4,215+63%$978 – $7,520
Georgia GA21$4,115+59%$1,059 – $6,653
Florida FL22$3,844+49%$1,466 – $8,877
Texas TX56$3,695+43%$3,525 – $6,544
Louisiana LA21$3,540+37%$1,406 – $6,305
Alabama AL13$3,309+28%$1,535 – $10,419
North Carolina NC10$3,143+22%$1,308 – $5,801
Ohio OH36$3,067+19%$668 – $17,568
Tennessee TN15$2,968+15%$535 – $5,736
Wisconsin WI42$2,5830%$1,573 – $3,990
Kentucky KY19$1,757−32%$613 – $3,951
Illinois IL40$1,653−36%$764 – $4,741
Washington WA28$1,600−38%$1,022 – $4,877
Nebraska NE15$1,529−41%$878 – $1,966
Minnesota MN38$1,460−43%$945 – $2,871
West Virginia WV18$1,365−47%$519 – $3,969
Iowa IA37$1,354−48%$1,029 – $1,569
Michigan MI49$1,279−50%$801 – $6,331
Indiana IN28$1,250−52%$613 – $8,893
Colorado CO12$1,167−55%$623 – $2,792
Oregon OR29$1,115−57%$856 – $1,950
Kansas KS28$947−63%$665 – $2,782
Oklahoma OK13$935−64%$935 – $1,286
Missouri MO25$925−64%$647 – $7,643
Vermont VT11$869−66%$768 – $2,251
Montana MT12$862−67%$518 – $1,741
Maine ME10$726−72%$319 – $1,483
Arizona AZ9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not 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 $2,583.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care751$3,857$988 – $8,211
Children’s5fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access266$1,286$780 – $2,583
Ownership
For-profit109$4,720$1,636 – $10,974
Government190$1,308$834 – $4,531
Non-profit723$2,583$891 – $6,331
System affiliation
Part of a system778$3,558$987 – $7,340
Independent246$1,395$811 – $4,380

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,944
Median cash price$2,583
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

528 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,726 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,305; most fall between $764 and $6,151.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 528 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
$575$889$1,726$4,617$9,101

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($575 vs $9,101).

Of the 588 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 528 gave a usable cash price; 29 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 31 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,024 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (26%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,124 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,024
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here60
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded6
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded34
Hospitals that filed this code1,124

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 Lumpectomy, quadrantectomy of breast family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Exc Breast Les Preop Plmt Rad Marker Open 1 Les.

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, “Removal of breast lesion marked before surgery (CPT 19125) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-19125-removal-of-breast-lesion-marked-before-surgery