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Dye Injection Into a Milk Duct

Virginia 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?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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$148$85.11 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$178 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $83 to $7,079Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $74 to $240
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,023professional $148

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
$87.10
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$186.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$257.04
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$302.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$204.17
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$141.25
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
$52.48
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$18.62

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 35th of 51

$151

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.