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

Breast lift

CPT 19316the billing code this page is about

Surgery to raise and reshape a sagging breast by tightening the skin and repositioning the breast tissue and nipple.

Hospitals typically charge $4,460 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 575 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,818. Most fall between $1,540 and $11,025 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
575
States
48
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 575 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
$973$1,657$4,460$8,575$24,015

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 25× what the cheapest tenth charges ($973 vs $24,015).

How the prices are spread

$650 – $956: 35 hospitals$650$956 – $1,407: 37 hospitals$1,407 – $2,069: 108 hospitals$1,407$2,069 – $3,044: 48 hospitals$3,044 – $4,477: 40 hospitals$3,044$4,477 – $6,586: 58 hospitals$6,586 – $9,688: 96 hospitals$6,586$9,688 – $14,251: 34 hospitals$14,251 – $20,964: 27 hospitals$14,251$20,964 – $30,838: 43 hospitals$20,964median $4,460price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (526 of 575 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$650$95635
$956$1,40737
$1,407$2,069108
$2,069$3,04448
$3,044$4,47740
$4,477$6,58658
$6,586$9,68896
$9,688$14,25134
$14,251$20,96427
$20,964$30,83843

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,784
Median cash price$4,460
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.66×

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 $4,460.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $17,300 across 10 hospitalsID$17,300Montana: 4 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 $4,911 across 21 hospitalsMN$4,911Illinois: median $1,540 across 16 hospitalsIL$1,540Wisconsin: median $2,746 across 33 hospitalsWI$2,746Michigan: median $1,708 across 35 hospitalsMI$1,708New York: median $7,717 across 48 hospitalsNY$7,717Massachusetts: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,904 across 14 hospitalsOR$1,904Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,910 across 19 hospitalsIA$1,910Indiana: median $2,203 across 11 hospitalsIN$2,203Ohio: median $19,188 across 29 hospitalsOH$19,188Pennsylvania: median $4,490 across 24 hospitalsPA$4,490New Jersey: median $7,127 across 31 hospitalsNJ$7,127Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $7,850 across 51 hospitalsCA$7,850Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $4,460 across 11 hospitalsMO$4,460Kentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $2,811 across 11 hospitalsWV$2,811Virginia: median $3,794 across 13 hospitalsVA$3,794Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,657 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,657Louisiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $9,791 across 11 hospitalsGA$9,791Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,494 across 30 hospitalsTX$5,494Florida: median $16,971 across 10 hospitalsFL$16,971
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,460. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Ohio OH29$19,188+330%$1,543 – $36,620
Idaho ID10$17,300+288%$3,133 – $17,300
Florida FL10$16,971+280%$3,172 – $17,480
Georgia GA11$9,791+120%$3,700 – $9,791
California CA51$7,850+76%$2,954 – $8,361
New York NY48$7,717+73%$1,803 – $26,035
New Jersey NJ31$7,127+60%$4,881 – $8,591
Texas TX30$5,494+23%$3,817 – $6,637
Minnesota MN21$4,911+10%$1,603 – $5,315
Pennsylvania PA24$4,490+1%$513 – $13,340
Missouri MO11$4,4600%$1,166 – $6,688
Virginia VA13$3,794−15%$530 – $27,075
West Virginia WV11$2,811−37%$2,140 – $13,510
Wisconsin WI33$2,746−38%$650 – $7,801
Indiana IN11$2,203−51%$1,540 – $15,252
Iowa IA19$1,910−57%$1,910 – $5,164
Oregon OR14$1,904−57%$1,463 – $2,404
Michigan MI35$1,708−62%$1,491 – $9,130
Oklahoma OK13$1,657−63%$1,657 – $6,679
Illinois IL16$1,540−65%$1,496 – $3,248
Massachusetts MA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $4,460.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care489$5,315$1,593 – $12,883
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access75$1,904$1,109 – $5,315
Ownership
For-profit63$7,146$1,597 – $17,300
Government77$4,017$1,436 – $10,559
Non-profit433$4,240$1,540 – $9,791
System affiliation
Part of a system459$5,315$1,569 – $13,340
Independent116$2,542$1,443 – $8,222

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,784
Median cash price$4,460
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

287 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,910 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,951; most fall between $1,109 and $7,850.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 287 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
$650$1,383$1,910$5,774$9,791

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($650 vs $9,791).

Of the 315 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 287 gave a usable cash price; 17 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 11 a list price only.

How complete is this

575 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (15%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 634 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted575
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here40
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 — excluded13
Hospitals that filed this code634

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 Other OR therapeutic procedures on skin and breast family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Mastopexy.

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, “Breast lift (CPT 19316) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-19316-breast-lift