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Contrast Injection For Wrist Imaging

Tennessee 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $1,202 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$162$89.13 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$398 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $148 to $4,074Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $68 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $162

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
$269.15
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$323.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$331.13
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$371.54

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 33rd of 51

$174

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.