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Dye Injection Into a Milk Duct

Minnesota 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $162 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$240$151 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$162$72.44 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $162 · 10th to 90th $72 to $1,445Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $98 to $617
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $162professional $240

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
$72.44
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$549.54
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,288.25
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$512.86
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
$36.31
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$16.98

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 5th of 51

$240

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.