Removal of a breast lump, open surgery in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
In Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, 6 hospitals list a cash price for Removal of a breast lump, open surgery: from $4,896.00 to $18,345.93, with a median of $4,896.00. The lowest listed price is at Sentara Hospitals.
Cash prices at 6 facilities across 4 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 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sentara Hospitals lowest Hampton, VA Chg - Removal Of Breast Lesion | $4,896.00 | $9,792.00 | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Hospital for Extended Recovery Norfolk, VA Chg - Removal Of Breast Lesion | $4,896.00 | $9,792.00 | 50% | — source file |
| Sentara Princess Anne Hospital Virginia Beach, VA Chg - Removal Of Breast Lesion | $4,896.00 | $9,792.00 | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sentara Hospitals Virginia Beach, VA Chg - Removal Of Breast Lesion | $4,896.00 | $9,792.00 | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sentara Hospitals Norfolk, VA Chg - Removal Of Breast Lesion | $4,896.00 | $9,792.00 | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sentara Hospitals Norfolk, VA Chg - Removal Of Breast Lesion | $4,896.00 | $9,792.00 | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Maryview Hospital LLC Portsmouth, VA Exc Cyst/Aberrant Breast Tissue Open 1/> Lesion | $18,345.93 | $30,576.55 | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $4,896.00, median $4,896.00, highest $18,345.93 — a 3.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $4,896.00. 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is 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.
| Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters Norfolk, VAINJEXCE BREAST CYST | $94.76 | file |