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Contrast Injection For Wrist Imaging

Michigan 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?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $1,072 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$151$91.20 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,072$324 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $123 to $3,631Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $69 to $324
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,072professional $151

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
$102.33
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$288.40
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$371.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$346.74
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$549.54

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 26th of 51

$178

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.