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Dye Injection Into a Milk Duct

Arkansas 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $138 to $219.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $129 to $1,820Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $87 to $240
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $661professional $162

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
$87.10
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$309.03
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
$43.65
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$17.78

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 20th of 51

$162

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.