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Dye Injection Into a Milk Duct

Michigan 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $1,047 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$148$93.33 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,047$832 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $302 to $2,884Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $79 to $209
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,047professional $148

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
$89.13
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$295.12
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$208.93
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$95.50
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$38.02
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$141.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$28.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$19.05
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$208.93
1 more rate 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
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 39th of 51

$148

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.