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Contrast Injection For Wrist Imaging

Minnesota 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?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $550 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$234$151 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$209 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $100 to $1,514Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $83 to $646
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $550professional $234

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
$72.44
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$724.44
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,513.56
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$234

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.