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Contrast Injection For Wrist Imaging

Maryland 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $151 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 6 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$170$75.86 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$85.11 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $85 to $269Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $71 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $151professional $170

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
$85.11
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$338.84
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$354.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$371.54
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$288.40

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 38th of 51

$170

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.