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Dye Injection Into a Milk Duct

Nebraska 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $1,096 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$138$100 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,096$417 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $331 to $7,943Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $71 to $389
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,096professional $138

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
$151.36
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$389.05
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,737.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$398.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$416.87
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
$35.48
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.14

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 44th of 51

$138

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.