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X-Ray Imaging Of Multiple Milk Ducts With Contrast Dye

Alabama 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?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $195 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 4 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$72.44$60.26 to $89.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$195$158 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $60 to $372Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $52 to $105
$50$100$200$500facility $195professional $72

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
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$158.49

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 22nd of 51

$87.10

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.