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X-Ray Imaging Of Multiple Milk Ducts With Contrast Dye

Iowa 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?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $69.18 from a physician practice, and about $191 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 7 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$69.18$61.66 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$191$126 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $191 · 10th to 90th $60 to $603Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $60 to $224
$100$200$500facility $191professional $69

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
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$208.93
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$588.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$676.08
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$512.86
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$177.83
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$147.91

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 45th of 51

$69.18

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.