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Dye Injection Into a Milk Duct

Kentucky 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?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $132 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$132$81.28 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$132$72.44 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $132 · 10th to 90th $65 to $3,311Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $69 to $437
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $132professional $132

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
$131.83
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$186.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$436.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$676.08
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$112.20
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,202.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$239.88
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.22

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 45th of 51

$132

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.