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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 October 2026.

How much does Contrast Injection For Wrist Imaging cost?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $575 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$132$97.72 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$363 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $148 to $7,244Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $68 to $437
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $575professional $132

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$457.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,511.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$467.74
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$446.68
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$17.38

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Alaska than in Virginia. 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· 47th of 51

$135

AK $363VA $95.50

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.