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Dye Injection Into a Milk Duct

Oregon 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $316 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$204$138 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$316$240 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $316 · 10th to 90th $182 to $5,012Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $102 to $427
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $316professional $204

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
$3,235.94
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$457.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$416.87
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$338.84
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$338.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$426.58
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$446.68
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$436.52
10 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
$38.90
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$24.55
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$123.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$48.98
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$181.97
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$37.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$24.55

Where Oregon sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Wisconsin than in Florida. 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.

Oregon· 6th of 51

$219

WI $309FL $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.