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Contrast Injection For Wrist Imaging

West 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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 5 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$75.86 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$186 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $72 to $2,291Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $71 to $214
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,023professional $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
$72.44
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$208.93
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$93.33
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$2,630.27
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$338.84

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 46th of 51

$155

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.