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

Breast reduction surgery

CPT 19318the billing code this page is about

Surgery to make a large breast smaller by removing breast tissue, fat, and skin and reshaping what remains.

Hospitals typically charge $5,456 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 650 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $6,060. Most fall between $1,861 and $13,840 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
650
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 650 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
$1,555$2,033$5,456$11,654$23,201

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,555 vs $23,201).

How the prices are spread

$1,131 – $1,563: 34 hospitals$1,131$1,563 – $2,159: 108 hospitals$2,159 – $2,983: 65 hospitals$2,159$2,983 – $4,121: 54 hospitals$4,121 – $5,694: 38 hospitals$4,121$5,694 – $7,868: 65 hospitals$7,868 – $10,871: 66 hospitals$7,868$10,871 – $15,020: 70 hospitals$15,020 – $20,753: 43 hospitals$15,020$20,753 – $28,674: 44 hospitals$20,753median $5,456price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (587 of 650 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,131$1,56334
$1,563$2,159108
$2,159$2,98365
$2,983$4,12154
$4,121$5,69438
$5,694$7,86865
$7,868$10,87166
$10,871$15,02070
$15,020$20,75343
$20,753$28,67444

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,784
Median cash price$5,456
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.80×

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 $5,456.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals 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: median $2,854 across 15 hospitalsWA$2,854Idaho: median $14,959 across 10 hospitalsID$14,959Montana: 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 $4,953 across 24 hospitalsMN$4,953Illinois: median $2,063 across 20 hospitalsIL$2,063Wisconsin: median $3,789 across 29 hospitalsWI$3,789Michigan: median $1,922 across 37 hospitalsMI$1,922New York: median $7,717 across 53 hospitalsNY$7,717Massachusetts: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,626 across 15 hospitalsOR$2,626Nevada: 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 $2,714 across 25 hospitalsIA$2,714Indiana: median $6,694 across 12 hospitalsIN$6,694Ohio: median $18,008 across 34 hospitalsOH$18,008Pennsylvania: median $6,788 across 29 hospitalsPA$6,788New Jersey: median $7,218 across 32 hospitalsNJ$7,218Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $11,654 across 56 hospitalsCA$11,654Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $2,432 across 13 hospitalsMO$2,432Kentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $2,396 across 16 hospitalsWV$2,396Virginia: median $5,522 across 12 hospitalsVA$5,522Maryland: 2 hospitals 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $4,548 across 10 hospitalsKS$4,548Arkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 7 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 $1,793 across 18 hospitalsOK$1,793Louisiana: median $11,508 across 10 hospitalsLA$11,508Mississippi: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $9,791 across 14 hospitalsGA$9,791Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $7,126 across 32 hospitalsTX$7,126Florida: median $18,280 across 12 hospitalsFL$18,280
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $5,456. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL12$18,280+235%$1,183 – $18,573
Ohio OH34$18,008+230%$1,500 – $30,961
Idaho ID10$14,959+174%$5,334 – $17,300
California CA56$11,654+114%$2,954 – $13,962
Louisiana LA10$11,508+111%$4,926 – $18,810
Georgia GA14$9,791+79%$6,627 – $17,443
New York NY53$7,717+41%$2,308 – $26,035
New Jersey NJ32$7,218+32%$5,110 – $8,591
Texas TX32$7,126+31%$3,779 – $10,198
Pennsylvania PA29$6,788+24%$707 – $14,766
Indiana IN12$6,694+23%$1,645 – $18,674
Virginia VA12$5,522+1%$3,162 – $26,095
Minnesota MN24$4,953−9%$2,800 – $8,269
Kansas KS10$4,548−17%$1,555 – $10,396
Wisconsin WI29$3,789−31%$1,619 – $11,047
Washington WA15$2,854−48%$1,989 – $5,513
Iowa IA25$2,714−50%$2,286 – $5,456
Oregon OR15$2,626−52%$2,015 – $3,182
Missouri MO13$2,432−55%$1,736 – $21,232
West Virginia WV16$2,396−56%$1,118 – $8,673
Illinois IL20$2,063−62%$1,645 – $8,073
Michigan MI37$1,922−65%$1,619 – $12,978
Oklahoma OK18$1,793−67%$1,217 – $1,793
Massachusetts MA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not 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
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not 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 $5,456.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care527$6,637$1,950 – $14,696
Children’s22$3,942$2,800 – $17,593
Critical access99$2,493$1,619 – $8,269
Ownership
For-profit64$9,318$1,989 – $17,300
Government91$3,884$1,950 – $10,396
Non-profit493$5,456$1,832 – $13,340
System affiliation
Part of a system513$5,840$1,793 – $14,766
Independent137$3,884$1,989 – $11,616

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,703
Median cash price$5,456
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

310 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,954 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,719; most fall between $1,619 and $10,127.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 310 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
$1,156$1,696$2,954$9,366$11,804

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,156 vs $11,804).

Of the 342 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 310 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 13 a list price only.

How complete is this

650 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (16%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 717 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted650
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here47
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded8
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded12
Hospitals that filed this code717

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 Breast Reduction.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Breast reduction surgery (CPT 19318) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-19318-breast-reduction-surgery