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Contrast Injection For Wrist Imaging

Kentucky 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $490 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$132$75.86 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$141 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $78 to $10,715Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $66 to $407
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $490professional $132

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
$77.62
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$389.05
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$478.63
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$117.49
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$2,630.27
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$331.13

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 50th of 51

$138

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.