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Contrast Injection For Wrist Imaging

Illinois 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 Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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$162$93.33 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$288 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $141 to $5,129Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $71 to $407
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,000professional $162

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
$141.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$363.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$338.84
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$776.25
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$251.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$489.78

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 22nd 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.