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Contrast Injection For Wrist Imaging

Missouri 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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$158$81.28 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$741 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $162 to $6,166Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $69 to $708
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $158

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
$109.65
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$223.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$407.38

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 16th of 51

$191

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.