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Contrast Injection For Wrist Imaging

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 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 9 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$182$93.33 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$107 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $81 to $3,388Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $71 to $501
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $182

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
$154.88
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$489.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,818.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$478.63
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$426.58
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$467.74
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,818.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$501.19

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 23rd 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.