SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Removal of a breast lump, open surgery in Pittsburgh, PA

Cash prices at 3 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 14, 2026 and Apr 14, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
WEST PENN ALLEGHENY HEALTH SYSTEM INC WEXFORD, PA
PR EXC CYST/ABERRANT BREAST TISSUE OPEN 1/> LESION
$307.58 $1,183.00 74% Apr 14, 2026
file
WEST PENN ALLEGHENY HEALTH SYSTEM INC PITTSBURGH, PA
PR EXC CYST/ABERRANT BREAST TISSUE OPEN 1/> LESION
$319.41 $1,183.00 73% Apr 14, 2026
file
UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital PITTSBURGH, PA
HC EXC CYST BGN TUM OPEN
$4,093.20 $6,822.00 40%
file

Outpatient: lowest $307.58, median $319.41, highest $4,093.20 — a 13.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $4,093.20. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

5 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 19120 ($2,939.42). 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.

JEFFERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER JEFFERSON HILLS, PA
PR EXC CYST/ABERRANT BREAST TISSUE OPEN 1/> LESION
$224.77 file
WEST PENN ALLEGHENY HEALTH SYSTEM INC MONROEVILLE, PA
PR EXC CYST/ABERRANT BREAST TISSUE OPEN 1/> LESION
$260.26 file
CANONSBURG GENERAL HOSPITAL CANONSBURG, PA
PR EXC CYST/ABERRANT BREAST TISSUE OPEN 1/> LESION
$260.26 file
ALLE-KISKI MEDICAL CENTER NATRONA HEIGHTS, PA
PR EXC CYST/ABERRANT BREAST TISSUE OPEN 1/> LESION
$272.09 file
WEST PENN ALLEGHENY HEALTH SYSTEM INC PITTSBURGH, PA
PR EXC CYST/ABERRANT BREAST TISSUE OPEN 1/> LESION
$283.92 file

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