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Contrast Injection For Wrist Imaging

Georgia 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $3,311 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$170$87.10 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,311$1,318 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $204 to $7,079Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $72 to $417
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $170

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
$204.17
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$426.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$251.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$398.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$616.60
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$363.08

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 24th of 51

$182

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.