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Contrast Injection For Wrist Imaging

Colorado 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $269 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 7 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$151$75.86 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$145 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $76 to $5,888Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $71 to $295
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $269professional $151

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
$154.88
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$251.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$380.19
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$371.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$630.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$407.38
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$389.05

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 32nd of 51

$174

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.