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X-Ray Imaging Of Multiple Milk Ducts With Contrast Dye

New York 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?

$79.43

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $77.62 from a physician practice, and about $107 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 9 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$77.62$64.57 to $115
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$107$74.13 to $174

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $107 · 10th to 90th $56 to $331Professionalmedian $78 · 10th to 90th $59 to $186
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $107professional $78

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
$104.71
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$162.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$177.83
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$70.79
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$269.15
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$186.21
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$138.04
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$162.18
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$53,703.18
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$263.03
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$218.78
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$213.80

Where New York 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.

New York· 29th of 51

$79.43

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.