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Procedure price report · Mastectomy

Simple mastectomy (removal of the whole breast)

CPT 19303the billing code this page is about

Surgical removal of all of the breast tissue on one side, without removing chest muscles or performing a full lymph node dissection.

Hospitals typically charge $3,832 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 945 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,563. Most fall between $1,693 and $11,182 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
945
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 945 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
$1,185$1,859$3,832$8,854$22,320

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 19× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,185 vs $22,320).

How the prices are spread

$719 – $1,040: 27 hospitals$719$1,040 – $1,503: 77 hospitals$1,503 – $2,173: 149 hospitals$1,503$2,173 – $3,142: 119 hospitals$3,142 – $4,542: 107 hospitals$3,142$4,542 – $6,567: 87 hospitals$6,567 – $9,493: 119 hospitals$6,567$9,493 – $13,723: 48 hospitals$13,723 – $19,839: 53 hospitals$13,723$19,839 – $28,680: 65 hospitals$19,839median $3,832price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (851 of 945 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$719$1,04027
$1,040$1,50377
$1,503$2,173149
$2,173$3,142119
$3,142$4,542107
$4,542$6,56787
$6,567$9,493119
$9,493$13,72348
$13,723$19,83953
$19,839$28,68065

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,784
Median cash price$3,832
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.56×

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 $3,832.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: median $2,210 across 11 hospitalsVT$2,210New Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,718 across 26 hospitalsWA$2,718Idaho: median $17,300 across 13 hospitalsID$17,300Montana: median $1,890 across 14 hospitalsMT$1,890North Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,063 across 42 hospitalsMN$3,063Illinois: median $2,761 across 36 hospitalsIL$2,761Wisconsin: median $3,832 across 42 hospitalsWI$3,832Michigan: median $1,936 across 42 hospitalsMI$1,936New York: median $7,683 across 63 hospitalsNY$7,683Massachusetts: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,736 across 22 hospitalsOR$2,736Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 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 $2,342 across 44 hospitalsIA$2,342Indiana: median $2,479 across 26 hospitalsIN$2,479Ohio: median $16,207 across 39 hospitalsOH$16,207Pennsylvania: median $4,490 across 31 hospitalsPA$4,490New Jersey: median $7,127 across 32 hospitalsNJ$7,127Connecticut: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $7,374 across 60 hospitalsCA$7,374Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $2,128 across 14 hospitalsCO$2,128Nebraska: median $2,141 across 19 hospitalsNE$2,141Missouri: median $1,741 across 26 hospitalsMO$1,741Kentucky: median $1,903 across 13 hospitalsKY$1,903West Virginia: median $2,697 across 18 hospitalsWV$2,697Virginia: median $9,855 across 17 hospitalsVA$9,855Maryland: 3 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: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,197 across 35 hospitalsKS$2,197Arkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $5,115 across 16 hospitalsTN$5,115North Carolina: median $5,567 across 12 hospitalsNC$5,567South Carolina: median $7,146 across 10 hospitalsSC$7,146Oklahoma: median $2,009 across 14 hospitalsOK$2,009Louisiana: median $5,483 across 18 hospitalsLA$5,483Mississippi: median $5,174 across 12 hospitalsMS$5,174Alabama: median $5,926 across 15 hospitalsAL$5,926Georgia: median $9,791 across 18 hospitalsGA$9,791Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $6,052 across 40 hospitalsTX$6,052Florida: median $23,926 across 13 hospitalsFL$23,926
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,832. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL13$23,926+524%$3,900 – $25,830
Idaho ID13$17,300+351%$4,248 – $17,300
Ohio OH39$16,207+323%$1,222 – $34,296
Virginia VA17$9,855+157%$3,162 – $23,814
Georgia GA18$9,791+156%$3,285 – $11,259
New York NY63$7,683+100%$1,693 – $20,046
California CA60$7,374+92%$2,264 – $8,854
South Carolina SC10$7,146+86%$2,019 – $27,067
New Jersey NJ32$7,127+86%$4,881 – $9,152
Texas TX40$6,052+58%$5,579 – $15,638
Alabama AL15$5,926+55%$1,755 – $25,771
North Carolina NC12$5,567+45%$2,821 – $13,611
Louisiana LA18$5,483+43%$2,808 – $16,553
Mississippi MS12$5,174+35%$1,688 – $18,685
Tennessee TN16$5,115+33%$998 – $12,068
Pennsylvania PA31$4,490+17%$649 – $13,340
Wisconsin WI42$3,8320%$3,291 – $4,616
Minnesota MN42$3,063−20%$1,641 – $4,463
Illinois IL36$2,761−28%$1,359 – $7,795
Oregon OR22$2,736−29%$1,767 – $4,546
Washington WA26$2,718−29%$1,913 – $5,200
West Virginia WV18$2,697−30%$1,077 – $5,837
Indiana IN26$2,479−35%$1,359 – $17,607
Iowa IA44$2,342−39%$1,502 – $2,925
Vermont VT11$2,210−42%$1,380 – $3,169
Kansas KS35$2,197−43%$1,284 – $6,365
Nebraska NE19$2,141−44%$1,635 – $3,177
Colorado CO14$2,128−44%$1,324 – $6,103
Oklahoma OK14$2,009−48%$2,009 – $13,296
Michigan MI42$1,936−49%$1,558 – $14,281
Kentucky KY13$1,903−50%$1,359 – $5,374
Montana MT14$1,890−51%$611 – $4,458
Missouri MO26$1,741−55%$1,341 – $9,543
Massachusetts MA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not 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 $3,832.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care667$5,868$1,829 – $15,664
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access267$2,426$1,376 – $4,462
Ownership
For-profit99$9,791$2,821 – $23,258
Government196$2,537$1,502 – $6,574
Non-profit648$3,906$1,703 – $10,127
System affiliation
Part of a system692$4,490$1,712 – $14,128
Independent253$2,695$1,563 – $6,574

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,265
Median cash price$3,832
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

455 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,478 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,123; most fall between $1,292 and $7,374.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 455 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
$707$1,549$2,478$5,872$9,791

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($707 vs $9,791).

Of the 510 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 455 gave a usable cash price; 24 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

945 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (24%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,046 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted945
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here62
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded9
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded30
Hospitals that filed this code1,046

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 Mastectomy family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Mastectomy Simple Complete.

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, “Simple mastectomy (removal of the whole breast) (CPT 19303) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-19303-simple-mastectomy-removal-of-the-whole-breast