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Quantitative MRI of Tissue Composition

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 0648T

A magnetic resonance study that measures what the tissue of an organ is made of — for instance its fat, iron or water content — and reports those values as numbers. Several specialized image sequences are gathered, prepared and processed by software, then interpreted by a physician. It is carried out on its own, without a standard diagnostic scan of the same area at the same visit.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Quantitative MRI of Tissue Composition cost?

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$575$457 to $1,202
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$490 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $191 to $3,802Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,950
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $575

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$489.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,949.84
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,380.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$9,549.93
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$2,951.21
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$630.96
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$741.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$363.08
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$489.78
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,949.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,380.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$602.56
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,570.88
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,019.95
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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.

Massachusetts· 23rd of 51

$603

AK $1,318AL $324

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.