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Dye Injection Into a Milk Duct

North Carolina 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?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $794 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$263$174 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$162 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $74 to $4,266Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $117 to $437
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $794professional $263

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
$74.13
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$186.21
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$354.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$177.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$371.54
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$338.84
7 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
$37.15
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.22
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$707.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$234.42

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 3rd of 51

$263

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.