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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 October 2026.

How much does Contrast Injection For Wrist Imaging cost?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $813 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$166$89.13 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$240 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $93 to $3,236Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $71 to $363
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $813professional $166

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
$85.11
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$223.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$478.63
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$691.83
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$251.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$338.84
5 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
$34.67
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$19.05

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 27th of 51

$174

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.