SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Removal of a breast lump, open surgery in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA

Cash prices at 4 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 Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO - CLAIREMONT MESA SAN DIEGO, CA
EXC CYST/ABERRANT BREAST TISSUE OPEN 1/> LESION
$4,196.40 $8,070.00 48%
file
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO - ZION SAN DIEGO, CA
EXC CYST/ABERRANT BREAST TISSUE OPEN 1/> LESION
$4,196.40 $8,070.00 48%
file
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN MARCOS SAN MARCOS, CA
EXC CYST/ABERRANT BREAST TISSUE OPEN 1/> LESION
$4,196.40 $8,070.00 48%
file
Paradise Valley Hospital NATIONAL CITY, CA
RMVL OF BREAST LESION
$5,011.00 $8,295.21 40% Sep 1, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $4,196.40, median $4,196.40, highest $5,011.00 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $4,196.40. 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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