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X-Ray Imaging Of Multiple Milk Ducts With Contrast Dye

South 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?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $162 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$64.57$60.26 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$162$79.43 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $162 · 10th to 90th $56 to $1,023Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $56 to $141
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $162professional $65

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
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$190.55
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
$95.50
Typical High
$186.21
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$204.17

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 43rd 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.