SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Removal of a breast lump, open surgery in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA

Cash prices at 2 facilities 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 Jan 28, 2026 and Mar 31, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Allen Memorial Hospital Corporation WATERLOO, IA
PR REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION
$1,227.20 $1,534.00 20% Jan 28, 2026
file
Covenant Medical Center Inc WATERLOO, IA
PR Exc Cyst/Aberrant Breast Tissue Open Male/Female 1/> Lesion
$1,352.00 $1,352.00 Mar 31, 2026
file
Covenant Medical Center Inc WATERLOO, IA
HC Excision Cyst/Fibroadenoma/Other Benign/Malignant Tumor Open Male/Female >= 1 Lesion Lt
one side $5,773.95 $8,883.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
file
Covenant Medical Center Inc WATERLOO, IA
HC Excision Cyst/Fibroadenoma/Other Benign/Malignant Tumor Open Male/Female >= 1 Lesion Rt
one side $5,773.95 $8,883.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
file
Covenant Medical Center Inc WATERLOO, IA
HC Excision Cyst/Fibroadenoma/Other Benign/Malignant Tumor Open Male/Female >= 1 Lesion Bl
$8,661.25 $13,325.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
file
Covenant Medical Center Inc WATERLOO, IA
HC Excision Cyst/Fibroadenoma/Other Benign/Malignant Tumor Open Male/Female >= 1 Lesion Lt
one side $33,225.23 Mar 31, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $1,227.20, median $1,352.00, highest $8,661.25 — a 7.1× difference within the same market.

One side of the body : lowest $5,773.95, median $5,773.95, highest $33,225.23 — a 5.8× difference within the same market.

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 inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,352.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $5,773.95. 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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