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

Open surgery to release scar tissue around a breast implant

CPT 19370the billing code this page is about

An open operation on the scar capsule that forms around a breast implant, cutting, tightening, or partly removing it to correct hardening or distortion.

Hospitals typically charge $3,688 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 531 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,027. Most fall between $1,243 and $9,556 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
531
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 531 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
$1,010$1,618$3,688$7,504$19,723

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 20× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,010 vs $19,723).

How the prices are spread

$708 – $1,016: 29 hospitals$708$1,016 – $1,457: 73 hospitals$1,457 – $2,089: 69 hospitals$1,457$2,089 – $2,995: 30 hospitals$2,995 – $4,295: 62 hospitals$2,995$4,295 – $6,158: 75 hospitals$6,158 – $8,831: 55 hospitals$6,158$8,831 – $12,662: 34 hospitals$12,662 – $18,157: 21 hospitals$12,662$18,157 – $26,035: 36 hospitals$18,157median $3,688price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (484 of 531 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$708$1,01629
$1,016$1,45773
$1,457$2,08969
$2,089$2,99530
$2,995$4,29562
$4,295$6,15875
$6,158$8,83155
$8,831$12,66234
$12,662$18,15721
$18,157$26,03536

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$4,000
Median cash price$3,688
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.92×

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 $3,688.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 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: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,538 across 18 hospitalsMN$3,538Illinois: median $1,211 across 15 hospitalsIL$1,211Wisconsin: median $4,040 across 28 hospitalsWI$4,040Michigan: median $1,143 across 35 hospitalsMI$1,143New York: median $4,531 across 48 hospitalsNY$4,531Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,618 across 14 hospitalsOR$1,618Nevada: 2 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 $1,704 across 20 hospitalsIA$1,704Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $3,032 across 23 hospitalsOH$3,032Pennsylvania: median $3,400 across 28 hospitalsPA$3,400New Jersey: median $4,881 across 32 hospitalsNJ$4,881Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $7,504 across 50 hospitalsCA$7,504Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,140 across 10 hospitalsMO$1,140Kentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $1,705 across 12 hospitalsVA$1,705Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth 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 $1,404 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,404Louisiana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 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 $4,320 across 29 hospitalsTX$4,320Florida: median $10,305 across 12 hospitalsFL$10,305
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,688. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL12$10,305+179%$2,623 – $14,715
Georgia GA11$9,791+165%$1,871 – $9,791
California CA50$7,504+103%$1,726 – $7,504
New Jersey NJ32$4,881+32%$4,238 – $6,839
New York NY48$4,531+23%$1,129 – $26,035
Texas TX29$4,320+17%$3,227 – $8,685
Wisconsin WI28$4,040+10%$3,034 – $6,099
Minnesota MN18$3,538−4%$1,881 – $4,353
Pennsylvania PA28$3,400−8%$436 – $8,246
Ohio OH23$3,032−18%$1,706 – $24,138
Virginia VA12$1,705−54%$450 – $23,672
Iowa IA20$1,704−54%$1,704 – $1,898
Oregon OR14$1,618−56%$1,243 – $1,964
Oklahoma OK13$1,404−62%$1,404 – $6,072
Illinois IL15$1,211−67%$945 – $2,770
Michigan MI35$1,143−69%$1,070 – $5,384
Missouri MO10$1,140−69%$1,077 – $16,314
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not 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 $3,688.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care459$4,242$1,349 – $10,194
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access63$3,034$1,140 – $4,342
Ownership
For-profit62$5,728$1,525 – $14,118
Government64$2,179$1,206 – $8,249
Non-profit404$3,613$1,243 – $9,385
System affiliation
Part of a system437$4,185$1,404 – $9,864
Independent94$2,252$1,195 – $6,537

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,035
Median cash price$3,688
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

255 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,834 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,369; most fall between $1,140 and $5,885.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 255 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
$945$1,243$1,834$4,520$7,504

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($945 vs $7,504).

Of the 281 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 255 gave a usable cash price; 16 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 10 a list price only.

How complete is this

531 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (13%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 576 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted531
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here27
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded6
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded11
Hospitals that filed this code576

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 Revision Peri-Implant Capsule Breast.

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, “Open surgery to release scar tissue around a breast implant (CPT 19370) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-19370-open-surgery-to-release-scar-tissue-around-a-breast-implant