Surgery and procedures CPT 19120 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Removal of a breast lump, open surgery in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — inpatient

In Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Removal of a breast lump, open surgery as an inpatient: from $774.00 to $774.00, with a median of $774.00.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 19120, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$774.00Beaufort Memorial Hospital
Median$774.00half pay less
Highest$774.00in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC.

median
Lowest $774.00Highest $6,409.80
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Beaufort Memorial Hospital lowest Beaufort, SC EXCISION OF CYST(S) $774.00 $1,290.00 40%
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Beaufort Memorial Hospital both sides Beaufort, SC EXC BREAST LES 1+ BILAT $6,409.80 $10,683.00 40%
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Both sides : lowest $6,409.80, median $6,409.80, highest $6,409.80.

Inpatient: lowest $774.00, median $774.00, highest $774.00.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $6,409.80 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,790.70 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.