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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 July 2026.

How much does Dye Injection Into a Milk Duct cost?

$200

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $105 to $1,778.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $79 to $5,248Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $155 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $195professional $209

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,079.46
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$309.03
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 35.5 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. 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· 42nd of 50

$200

NJ $5,370WV $151

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.