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Contrast Injection For Wrist Imaging

Alaska rates for HCPCS 25246

Injection of a contrast dye directly into the wrist joint to improve the detail of an X-ray or other imaging study performed afterward. It is used when a plain image alone does not give a clear enough view of the joint's internal structures, such as the ligaments or cartilage.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Contrast Injection For Wrist Imaging cost?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $191 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$251$174 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$191$102 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $191 · 10th to 90th $78 to $437Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $71 to $794
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $191professional $251

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
$85.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$575.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$407.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$407.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$575.44

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in South Dakota than in Rhode Island. 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.

Alaska· 4th of 51

$229

SD $263RI $138

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.