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Dye Injection Into a Milk Duct

Connecticut 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$155$97.72 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$3,467 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $7,586Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $68 to $331
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $155

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
$3,235.94
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$208.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$302.00
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$389.05
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$346.74
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
$33.11
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$20.89

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Wisconsin than in Florida. 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.

Connecticut· 32nd of 51

$155

WI $309FL $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.