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Dye Injection Into a Milk Duct

Pennsylvania 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?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $1,230 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$158$85.11 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,230$234 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $105 to $6,166Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $68 to $302
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,230professional $158

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
$154.88
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$154.88
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$79,432.82
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$316.23
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$239.88
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$281.84
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$331.13
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,244.36
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$154.88
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$478.63
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$245.47
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$269.15
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
$33.11
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.49
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$75.86
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$30.90
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$114.82
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.91
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.49

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 24th of 51

$158

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.