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Dye Injection Into a Milk Duct

Alabama 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 July 2026.

How much does Dye Injection Into a Milk Duct cost?

$617

Typical facility fee. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $457 to $1,023.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,585
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $617

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 35.5 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. 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.

Alabama· 27th of 50

$617

NJ $5,370WV $151

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.