Removal of a breast lump, open surgery in Akron, OH
In Akron, OH, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Removal of a breast lump, open surgery: from $310.50 to $7,467.20, with a median of $707.25. The lowest listed price is at Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 19120, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 11, 2025 and Jun 19, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Akron, OH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron lowest Akron, OH HB EXC CYST-ABERRANT BREAST TISSUE OPEN 1-LESION | $310.50 | $414.00 | 25% | Nov 11, 2025 source file |
| Akron General Medical Center Akron, OH REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION | $427.05 | $657.00 | 35% | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center LLC Fairlawn, OH Removal of growth and tissue of breast, duct, or nipple | $707.25 | $943.00 | 25% | Jun 19, 2026 source file |
| Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron Akron, OH PR EXC CYST/ABERRANT BREAST TISSUE OPEN 1/> LESION | $859.20 | $1,432.00 | 40% | Nov 11, 2025 source file |
| Akron General Medical Center Akron, OH EXC CYST/ABERRANT BREAST TISSUE OPEN 1/> LESION | $7,467.20 | $11,488.00 | 35% | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $310.50, median $707.25, highest $7,467.20 — a 24.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $7,467.20. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What it is
This is open surgery to remove a breast lump, such as a cyst, fibroadenoma or other growth, through a cut in the skin. It covers removing one or more lesions in the same breast and is done for both women and men.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers the operating room and recovery. The surgeon's fee, anesthesia and the pathologist's exam of the removed tissue are usually billed separately.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 19120 ($2,768.35). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron Akron, OHPR EXCISE BREAST CYST | $0.60 | file |