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Dye Injection Into a Milk Duct

Missouri 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $1,380 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$151$102 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,380$490 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $200 to $4,467Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $76 to $617
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,380professional $151

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
$144.54
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$158.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$134.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$251.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$257.04
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
$28.18
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.14

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 30th of 51

$155

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.