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X-Ray Imaging Of Multiple Milk Ducts With Contrast Dye

North Carolina 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?

$72.44

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $72.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $67.61 from a physician practice, and about $102 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$67.61$60.26 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$102$69.18 to $158

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $102 · 10th to 90th $60 to $209Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $56 to $245
$50$100$200$500facility $102professional $68

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
$79.43
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$229.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$194.98
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$199.53
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 41st of 51

$72.44

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.