Surgery and procedures CPT 19120 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Removal of a breast lump, open surgery in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — inpatient

In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for Removal of a breast lump, open surgery as an inpatient: from $4,196.40 to $9,044.17, with a median of $5,964.30. The lowest listed price is at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 19120, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 2, 2026 and Sep 2, 2026.

Lowest$4,196.40Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana
Median$5,964.30half pay less
Highest$9,044.17in this market
Difference2.2×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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA.

median
Lowest $4,196.40Highest $9,044.17

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana lowest Fontana, CA EXC CYST/ABERRANT BREAST TISSUE OPEN 1/> LESION $4,196.40 $8,070.00 48%
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside, CA EXC CYST/ABERRANT BREAST TISSUE OPEN 1/> LESION $4,196.40 $8,070.00 48%
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Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA HC EXCISION OF CYST, FIBROADENOMA OR OTHER BENIGN OR MAGLIGNANT TUMOR $5,964.30 $13,254.00 55% Sep 2, 2026
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Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA HC Exc of cyst or tumor $9,044.17 $9,044.17
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Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA HC Exc of cyst or tumor $9,044.17 $9,044.17
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Inpatient: lowest $4,196.40, median $5,964.30, highest $9,044.17 — a 2.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $5,011.00 — 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.