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X-Ray Imaging Of Multiple Milk Ducts With Contrast Dye

Alaska rates for HCPCS 77054

An X-ray imaging study of the breast's milk ducts, performed by injecting a small amount of contrast dye into more than one duct opening at the nipple and then taking X-ray pictures. It is used to investigate unusual nipple discharge by showing the shape of the ducts and identifying any blockage, growth, or abnormality inside them. It is a more involved version of this study than one that examines a single duct.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does X-Ray Imaging Of Multiple Milk Ducts With Contrast Dye cost?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $105 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$182$74.13 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$105$67.61 to $145

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $105 · 10th to 90th $60 to $204Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $45 to $372
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $105professional $182

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
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$223.87
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$204.17
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$436.52
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$467.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$204.17
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$269.15

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Alaska than in Tennessee. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$174

AK $174TN $61.66

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.