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Contrast Injection For Wrist Imaging

Kansas 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?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $316 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$214$138 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$316$302 to $457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $316 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,950Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $87 to $741
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $316professional $214

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
$323.59
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$281.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$263.03
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
$36.31
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$28.84

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 7th of 51

$234

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.