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Contrast Injection For Wrist Imaging

New Jersey 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?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $4,677 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$166$77.62 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,677$1,905 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $182 to $10,471Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $66 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,677professional $166

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
$181.97
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$302.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$380.19
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$380.19
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$398.11

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 29th of 51

$178

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.