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Dye Injection Into a Milk Duct

Alaska rates for HCPCS 19030

Injects a small amount of contrast dye into a single milk duct through the nipple so the duct shows up on breast X-ray pictures. It is used mainly to look for the cause of discharge from the nipple, such as a small growth inside the duct. The injection is the service here; taking and reading the pictures is separate.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Dye Injection Into a Milk Duct cost?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $1,096 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$302$204 to $513
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,096$562 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $389 to $14,125Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $123 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,096professional $302

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$478.63
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,122.02
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$776.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$660.69
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,096.48
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$77.62

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Wisconsin than in Utah. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$302

WI $309UT $120

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.