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Dye Injection Into a Milk Duct

Washington 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?

$251

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $162 to $407.

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 $251 · 10th to 90th $112 to $6,166
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $251

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$13,489.63
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$398.11
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$323.59
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 37th of 50

$251

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.