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X-Ray Imaging Of Multiple Milk Ducts With Contrast Dye

Washington, DC 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?

$66.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $66.07 from a physician practice, and about $66.07 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 5 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$66.07$61.66 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$66.07$66.07 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $66 to $1,230Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $62 to $195
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $66professional $66

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
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$75.86
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$199.53
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$436.52

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 48th of 51

$66.07

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.