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

Placement of internal radiation catheters in the breast

CPT 19298the billing code this page is about

Multiple small catheters or needles are placed into the breast after partial breast removal so radioactive sources can be delivered internally; includes imaging guidance.

Hospitals typically charge $6,216 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 254 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $6,148. Most fall between $1,445 and $12,062 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
254
States
39
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – 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 254 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
$586$1,853$6,216$11,775$16,817

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 29× what the cheapest tenth charges ($586 vs $16,817).

How the prices are spread

$525 – $751: 23 hospitals$525$751 – $1,076: 6 hospitals$1,076 – $1,540: 17 hospitals$1,076$1,540 – $2,204: 19 hospitals$2,204 – $3,154: 23 hospitals$2,204$3,154 – $4,515: 10 hospitals$4,515 – $6,462: 39 hospitals$4,515$6,462 – $9,249: 33 hospitals$9,249 – $13,239: 38 hospitals$9,249$13,239 – $18,949: 28 hospitals$13,239median $6,216price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (236 of 254 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$525$75123
$751$1,0766
$1,076$1,54017
$1,540$2,20419
$2,204$3,15423
$3,154$4,51510
$4,515$6,46239
$6,462$9,24933
$9,249$13,23938
$13,239$18,94928

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$14,079
Median cash price$6,216
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.44×

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 $6,216.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNDMinnesota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,877 across 13 hospitalsIL$1,877Wisconsin: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: median $7,717 across 21 hospitalsNY$7,717Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $2,442 across 12 hospitalsIA$2,442Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figurePANew Jersey: median $6,839 across 24 hospitalsNJ$6,839Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $12,062 across 32 hospitalsCA$12,062Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $6,351 across 10 hospitalsCO$6,351Nebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $525 across 14 hospitalsOK$525Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceALGeorgia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $6,216 across 21 hospitalsTX$6,216Florida: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $6,216. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA32$12,062+94%$10,956 – $12,062
New York NY21$7,717+24%$7,717 – $16,358
New Jersey NJ24$6,839+10%$4,881 – $7,680
Colorado CO10$6,351+2%$1,651 – $6,351
Texas TX21$6,2160%$6,216 – $6,216
Iowa IA12$2,442−61%$2,442 – $2,442
Illinois IL13$1,877−70%$1,853 – $10,633
Oklahoma OK14$525−92%$525 – $6,026
Florida FL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Pennsylvania PA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV1not 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 $6,216.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care226$6,216$1,735 – $12,062
Children’s5fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access22$1,853$1,131 – $6,216
Ownership
For-profit29$6,351$1,853 – $17,300
Government29$5,618$1,606 – $7,717
Non-profit195$6,216$1,263 – $12,062
System affiliation
Part of a system213$6,216$1,495 – $12,062
Independent41$2,717$915 – $7,578

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,035
Median cash price$6,216
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

167 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $6,216 and the average of the middle 60% is $6,559; most fall between $1,263 and $12,062.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 167 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
$525$1,853$6,216$12,062$16,888

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 32× what the cheapest tenth charges ($525 vs $16,888).

Of the 189 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 167 gave a usable cash price; 19 carried a plausibility flag, 2 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 1 a list price only.

How complete is this

254 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (6%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 293 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted254
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here35
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded3
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded1
Hospitals that filed this code293

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 23, 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 Plmt Radthx Brachytx Brst Following Prtl Mast.

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, “Placement of internal radiation catheters in the breast (CPT 19298) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-19298-placement-of-internal-radiation-catheters-in-the-breast