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Procedure price report · Lumpectomy, quadrantectomy of breast

Partial breast removal with underarm lymph node removal

CPT 19302the billing code this page is about

Surgery to remove a portion of breast tissue together with removal of lymph nodes from the armpit on the same side.

Hospitals typically charge $3,637 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 676 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,211. Most fall between $1,450 and $9,834 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
676
States
49
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 676 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
$1,007$1,611$3,637$8,037$17,003

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,007 vs $17,003).

How the prices are spread

$664 – $954: 29 hospitals$664$954 – $1,370: 54 hospitals$1,370 – $1,968: 119 hospitals$1,370$1,968 – $2,826: 76 hospitals$2,826 – $4,058: 61 hospitals$2,826$4,058 – $5,828: 57 hospitals$5,828 – $8,369: 84 hospitals$5,828$8,369 – $12,020: 43 hospitals$12,020 – $17,261: 54 hospitals$12,020$17,261 – $24,790: 33 hospitals$17,261median $3,637price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (610 of 676 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$664$95429
$954$1,37054
$1,370$1,968119
$1,968$2,82676
$2,826$4,05861
$4,058$5,82857
$5,828$8,36984
$8,369$12,02043
$12,020$17,26154
$17,261$24,79033

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,784
Median cash price$3,637
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.54×

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 $3,637.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,081 across 19 hospitalsWA$2,081Idaho: median $14,418 across 10 hospitalsID$14,418Montana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,511 across 21 hospitalsMN$3,511Illinois: median $2,203 across 25 hospitalsIL$2,203Wisconsin: median $3,704 across 35 hospitalsWI$3,704Michigan: median $1,493 across 38 hospitalsMI$1,493New York: median $7,622 across 40 hospitalsNY$7,622Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,868 across 18 hospitalsOR$1,868Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,203 across 37 hospitalsIA$2,203Indiana: median $1,413 across 16 hospitalsIN$1,413Ohio: median $2,209 across 22 hospitalsOH$2,209Pennsylvania: median $4,334 across 27 hospitalsPA$4,334New Jersey: median $7,218 across 31 hospitalsNJ$7,218Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $7,550 across 54 hospitalsCA$7,550Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $2,276 across 13 hospitalsNE$2,276Missouri: median $1,442 across 15 hospitalsMO$1,442Kentucky: median $2,136 across 14 hospitalsKY$2,136West Virginia: median $2,291 across 17 hospitalsWV$2,291Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,802 across 18 hospitalsKS$1,802Arkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $928 across 10 hospitalsTN$928North Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,902 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,902Louisiana: median $8,005 across 11 hospitalsLA$8,005Mississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $15,440 across 11 hospitalsGA$15,440Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,510 across 31 hospitalsTX$5,510Florida: median $5,363 across 12 hospitalsFL$5,363
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,637. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA11$15,440+324%$15,440 – $21,819
Idaho ID10$14,418+296%$5,334 – $17,300
Louisiana LA11$8,005+120%$5,363 – $14,597
New York NY40$7,622+110%$1,335 – $7,882
California CA54$7,550+108%$2,592 – $15,131
New Jersey NJ31$7,218+98%$5,110 – $8,591
Texas TX31$5,510+51%$5,429 – $15,361
Florida FL12$5,363+47%$3,637 – $20,307
Pennsylvania PA27$4,334+19%$588 – $13,340
Wisconsin WI35$3,704+2%$3,704 – $7,975
Minnesota MN21$3,511−3%$1,722 – $4,612
West Virginia WV17$2,291−37%$1,007 – $8,857
Nebraska NE13$2,276−37%$2,020 – $3,762
Ohio OH22$2,209−39%$930 – $36,371
Iowa IA37$2,203−39%$1,580 – $2,590
Illinois IL25$2,203−39%$1,413 – $3,727
Kentucky KY14$2,136−41%$1,413 – $6,088
Washington WA19$2,081−43%$1,671 – $15,565
Oklahoma OK13$1,902−48%$1,902 – $7,303
Oregon OR18$1,868−49%$1,671 – $4,308
Kansas KS18$1,802−50%$1,478 – $8,086
Michigan MI38$1,493−59%$1,256 – $9,130
Missouri MO15$1,442−60%$1,319 – $11,897
Indiana IN16$1,413−61%$1,031 – $17,003
Tennessee TN10$928−74%$890 – $11,040
Montana MT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $3,637.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care471$5,120$1,493 – $14,597
Children’s4fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access199$2,030$1,262 – $4,612
Ownership
For-profit65$8,498$1,728 – $17,157
Government119$2,298$1,450 – $7,717
Non-profit490$3,704$1,413 – $9,159
System affiliation
Part of a system506$4,183$1,473 – $13,296
Independent170$2,215$1,430 – $7,137

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,460
Median cash price$3,637
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

343 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,203 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,179; most fall between $1,319 and $7,550.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 343 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
$937$1,413$2,203$5,763$15,131

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($937 vs $15,131).

Of the 382 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 343 gave a usable cash price; 19 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 20 a list price only.

How complete is this

676 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (17%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 752 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted676
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here49
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded5
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded22
Hospitals that filed this code752

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 Mastectomy Partial W/Axillary Lymphadenectomy.

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, “Partial breast removal with underarm lymph node removal (CPT 19302) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-19302-partial-breast-removal-with-underarm-lymph-node-removal