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X-Ray Imaging Of Multiple Milk Ducts With Contrast Dye

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $87.10 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 8 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$75.86$63.10 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$58.88 to $132

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $28 to $240Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $56 to $145
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $87professional $76

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
$67.61
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$125.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$354.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$134.90
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$190.55
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$102.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$154.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$194.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$173.78
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$154.88
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$199.53

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 33rd 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.