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Contrast Injection For Wrist Imaging

Nebraska 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?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 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$186$120 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$263 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $145 to $10,965Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $71 to $490
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $186

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
$144.54
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$489.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$2,511.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$457.09

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 17th of 51

$186

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.