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Contrast Injection For Wrist Imaging

Nevada 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 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$170$81.28 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$191 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $69 to $4,365Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $69 to $389
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $170

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
$69.18
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$389.05
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$338.84
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$281.84
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$281.84
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$354.81

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 21st of 51

$182

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.