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Dye Injection Into a Milk Duct

Montana 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?

$191

Typical facility fee. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $129 to $282.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $191 · 10th to 90th $105 to $302
$100$200$500facility $191

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$467.74
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 44th of 50

$191

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.