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Dye Injection Into a Milk Duct

Arizona 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?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $1,047 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$151$81.28 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,047$372 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $141 to $4,571Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $65 to $1,738
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,047professional $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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$251.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$234.42
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
$32.36
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.13

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 25th of 51

$158

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.