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Contrast Injection For Wrist Imaging

New Hampshire 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $295 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$155$97.72 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$138 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $100 to $1,820Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $72 to $398
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $295professional $155

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
$100.00
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$467.74
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,413.10
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$489.78
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$48.98

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 41st of 51

$162

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.