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X-Ray Imaging Of Multiple Milk Ducts With Contrast Dye

Illinois 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?

$77.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $158 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$72.44$60.26 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$158$105 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $66 to $575Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $33 to $155
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $158professional $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
$66.07
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$173.78
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$446.68
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$91.20
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$186.21

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 32nd of 51

$77.62

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.