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Contrast Injection For Wrist Imaging

Louisiana 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $1,148 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 5 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$155$93.33 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,148$479 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $214 to $3,467Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $66 to $302
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,148professional $155

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
$223.87
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$302.00
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$309.03

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 13th of 51

$200

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.