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Contrast Injection For Wrist Imaging

Alabama 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 October 2026.

How much does Contrast Injection For Wrist Imaging cost?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $447 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$155$93.33 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$437 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,259Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $78 to $295
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $447professional $155

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$295.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$275.42
7 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$218.78

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Alaska than in Virginia. 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.

Alabama· 22nd of 51

$178

AK $363VA $95.50

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.