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Dye Injection Into a Milk Duct

Indiana 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $2,138 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$126$70.79 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,138$437 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $95 to $5,012Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $65 to $224
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,138professional $126

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
$64.57
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$151.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$134.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$169.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$269.15
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$269.15
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$263.03
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
$64.57
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.14

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 47th of 51

$126

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.