SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Removal of a breast lump, open surgery in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 3 cities for code 19120, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Cambridge Health Alliance CAMBRIDGE, MA
HC Excise Breast Cyst
$2,204.00 $2,204.00
file
Boston Medical Center South BROCKTON, MA
HC Exc Cyst/Aberrant Breast Tissue Open 1/> Lesion
$2,884.23 $6,409.39 55%
file
Boston Medical Center BOSTON, MA
HC Exc Cyst/Aberrant Breast Tissue Open 1/> Lesion
$2,952.90 $6,562.00 55%
file
Boston Medical Center Brighton BOSTON, MA
HC Exc Cyst/Aberrant Breast Tissue Open 1/> Lesion
$2,975.12 $6,611.38 55%
file
Cambridge Health Alliance CAMBRIDGE, MA
Exc Cyst/Aberrant Breast Tissue Open 1/> Lesion
$5,474.85 $5,474.85
file
Tufts Medical Center BOSTON, MA
HC Exc Cyst/Aberrant Breast Tissue Open 1/> Lesion
$5,617.50 $8,025.00 30%
file

Outpatient: lowest $2,204.00, median $2,964.01, highest $5,617.50 — a 2.5× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $2,952.90. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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