Removal of a breast lump, open surgery in Fort Wayne, IN
In Fort Wayne, IN, 4 hospitals list a cash price for Removal of a breast lump, open surgery: from $371.52 to $11,554.52, with a median of $418.02. The lowest listed price is at Bluffton Health System LLC.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 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 Fort Wayne, IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluffton Health System LLC lowest Bluffton, IN 19120,LT REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION | $371.52 | $1,548.00 | 76% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN 19120 REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION | $371.52 | $1,548.00 | 76% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN 19120,RT REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION | $371.52 | $1,548.00 | 76% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN 19120 REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION | $417.96 | $1,548.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN 19120,LT REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION | $417.96 | $1,548.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN 19120 REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION | $417.96 | $1,548.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN 19120,RT REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION | $417.96 | $1,548.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN 19120,LT REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION | $417.96 | $1,548.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN 19120,RT REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION | $417.96 | $1,548.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN 19120 50 REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION | $418.08 | $1,742.00 | 76% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN 19120 REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION | $464.40 | $1,548.00 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN 19120,LT REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION | $464.40 | $1,548.00 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN 19120,RT REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION | $464.40 | $1,548.00 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN 19120 50 REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION | $470.34 | $1,742.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN 19120 50 REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION | $470.34 | $1,742.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN 19120 50 REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION | $522.60 | $1,742.00 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION | $9,948.05 | $33,160.18 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION | $11,554.52 | $42,794.50 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $371.52, median $418.02, highest $11,554.52 — a 31.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $627.12. 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.
5 rows held back from this comparison
They are 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.
| Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN19120,AS REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION | $124.80 | file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN19120,AS REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION | $140.40 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN19120,AS REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION | $140.40 | file |
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN19120,AS REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION | $156.00 | file |
| Parkview Regional Medical Center Fort Wayne, INHC REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION TECH | $225.92 | file |