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Dye Injection Into a Milk Duct

South 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $1,175 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$155$97.72 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,175$240 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $112 to $6,918Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $81 to $309
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,175professional $155

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
$83.18
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$239.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$338.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$281.84
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
$64.57
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$17.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$239.88

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 29th of 51

$155

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.