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Dye Injection Into a Milk Duct

Maryland 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 July 2026.

How much does Dye Injection Into a Milk Duct cost?

$182

Typical facility fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $162 to $229.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $85 to $186Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $93 to $257
$100$200$500facility $129professional $186

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$186.21

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 35.5 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. 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.

Maryland· 46th of 50

$182

NJ $5,370WV $151

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.