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Dye Injection Into a Milk Duct

Iowa 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $447 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$245$162 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$245 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $200 to $3,802Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $115 to $525
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $447professional $245

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
$245.47
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$416.87
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,737.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$416.87
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$354.81
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
$66.07
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$24.55

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 4th of 51

$245

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.