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Contrast Injection For Wrist Imaging

Arizona 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $1,514 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$158$75.86 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,514$257 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $95 to $5,623Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $66 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $158

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
$1,445.44
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$288.40
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$416.87

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 35th of 51

$170

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.