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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 October 2026.

How much does Dye Injection Into a Milk Duct cost?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $1,514 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$166$110 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,514$347 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $115 to $6,457Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $85 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $166

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
$954.99
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$177.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$331.13
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$239.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$323.59
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$346.74
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$323.59
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
$37.15
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$16.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$309.03

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 18th of 51

$170

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.