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Dye Injection Into a Milk Duct

New Mexico 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?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$141$91.20 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$229 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $87 to $2,138Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $72 to $263
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $794professional $141

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$239.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$229.09
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$245.47
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$288.40
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
$37.15
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$19.05

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 40th of 51

$145

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.