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X-Ray Imaging Of Multiple Milk Ducts With Contrast Dye

Missouri 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?

$74.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 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 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$72.44$63.10 to $100
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$158$72.44 to $209

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $60 to $282Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $56 to $209
$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
$60.26
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$104.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$251.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$162.18

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 40th of 51

$74.13

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.