Breast lump removal cost in Boston, MA
In Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, 14 hospitals list a cash price for removal of a breast lump, open surgery: from $2,204.00 to $11,890.00, with a median of $6,642.81. The lowest listed price is at Cambridge Health Alliance — $4,438.81 less than the median here. Across Massachusetts, the median is $6,576.62 at 21 hospitals.
- The median here, $6,642.81, is 58% above the US median of $4,196.40.
- 9 of 14 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 14 facilities across 10 cities for code 19120, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 13, 2026 and May 18, 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 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Health Alliance lowest Cambridge, MA · (617) 665-1000 HC Excise Breast Cyst File of Mar 20, 2026 · source file | $2,204.00 | $2,204.00 | $260.00–$6,572.57 | — |
| Boston Medical Center South Brockton, MA · (508) 427-3000 HC Exc Cyst/Aberrant Breast Tissue Open 1/> Lesion File of Mar 13, 2026 · source file | $2,884.23 | $6,409.39 | $394.86–$7,038.66 | 55% |
| Boston Medical Center Boston, MA · (617) 638-8000 HC Exc Cyst/Aberrant Breast Tissue Open 1/> Lesion File of Mar 13, 2026 · source file | $2,952.90 | $6,562.00 | $431.24–$11,174.59 | 55% |
| Boston Medical Center Brighton Boston, MA · (617) 789-3000 HC Exc Cyst/Aberrant Breast Tissue Open 1/> Lesion File of Mar 13, 2026 · source file | $2,975.12 | $6,611.38 | $475.07–$7,199.65 | 55% |
| Cambridge Health Alliance Cambridge, MA · (617) 665-1000 Exc Cyst/Aberrant Breast Tissue Open 1/> Lesion File of Mar 20, 2026 · source file | $5,474.85 | $5,474.85 | $318.19–$3,220.27 | — |
| Tufts Medical Center Boston, MA · (617) 636-5000 HC Exc Cyst/Aberrant Breast Tissue Open 1/> Lesion File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $5,617.50 | $8,025.00 | $2,107.37–$12,037.50 | 30% |
| Winchester Hospital Winchester, MA · (781) 729-9000 HC EXC CYST MAL TUMOR ABERRANT TISS 1 OR MORE LESIONS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $5,753.00 | $5,753.00 | — | — |
| Emerson Hospital Concord, MA · (978) 369-1400 REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION File of May 18, 2026 · source file | $6,576.62 | $8,768.82 | $309.88–$7,453.50 | 25% |
| Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington Burlington, MA · (781) 744-5100 HC EXC CYST MAL TUMOR ABERRANT TISS 1 OR MORE LESIONS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $6,709.00 | $6,709.00 | — | — |
| New England Baptist Hospital Boston, MA · (617) 754-5800 HC EXC CYST MAL TUMOR ABERRANT TISS 1 OR MORE LESIONS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $6,876.00 | $6,876.00 | — | — |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA · (617) 667-7000 HC EXC CYST MAL TUMOR ABERRANT TISS 1 OR MORE LESIONS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $11,282.00 | $11,282.00 | — | — |
| Anna Jaques Hospital Newburyport, MA · (978) 463-1000 HC EXC CYST MAL TUMOR ABERRANT TISS 1 OR MORE LESIONS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $11,890.00 | $11,890.00 | — | — |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Plymouth Plymouth, MA · (508) 746-2000 HC EXC CYST MAL TUMOR ABERRANT TISS 1 OR MORE LESIONS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $11,890.00 | $11,890.00 | — | — |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham Needham, MA · (781) 453-3002 HC EXC CYST MAL TUMOR ABERRANT TISS 1 OR MORE LESIONS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $11,890.00 | $11,890.00 | — | — |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton Milton, MA · (617) 696-4600 HC EXC CYST MAL TUMOR ABERRANT TISS 1 OR MORE LESIONS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $11,890.00 | $11,890.00 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $2,204.00, median $6,642.81, highest $11,890.00 — a 5.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 14 facilities here, median $6,642.81. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 6 of 6 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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