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Dye Injection Into a Milk Duct

Texas 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?

$129

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 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$129$83.18 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$550 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $162 to $4,467Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $25 to $269
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $129

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
$575.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$234.42
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,248.07
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$169.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$144.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$251.19
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$229.09
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
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
$28.18
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$16.60
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$81.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$33.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$123.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$24.55
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$16.60

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 46th of 51

$129

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.