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Contrast Injection For Wrist Imaging

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $234 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 8 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$138$85.11 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$117 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $85 to $5,248Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $71 to $309
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $234professional $138

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
$104.71
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$295.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$147.91
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$354.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$616.60
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$354.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$1,479.11
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$380.19

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 43rd 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.