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Dye Injection Into a Milk Duct

Colorado 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?

$240

Typical facility fee. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $129 to $3,236.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $76 to $5,888Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $91 to $676
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $240professional $257

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$295.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$676.08
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 38th of 50

$240

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.