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Dye Injection Into a Milk Duct

Georgia 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 Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $2,344 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$170$102 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,344$1,445 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $148 to $7,413Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $78 to $316
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $170

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
$75.86
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$213.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$295.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$371.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$371.54
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
$67.61
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$16.22

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 19th 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.