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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 October 2026.

How much does Dye Injection Into a Milk Duct cost?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $447 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$151$87.10 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$437 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,259Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $72 to $195
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $447professional $151

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$229.09
6 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
$36.31
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 34th of 51

$151

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.