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Hip Joint Contrast Injection, Without Anesthesia

Maryland rates for HCPCS 27093

A provider injects contrast dye directly into the hip joint using a needle, guided by live X-ray, without putting the patient under sedation or anesthesia. This is done in preparation for an arthrogram or other imaging study to get a clearer look at the joint's cartilage and surrounding structures. Local numbing medicine may still be used at the injection site.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Hip Joint Contrast Injection, Without Anesthesia cost?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 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 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$204$79.43 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$85.11 to $295

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $66 to $372Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $66 to $457
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $234professional $204

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
$66.07
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$398.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$446.68
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$363.08

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in South Dakota than in New Hampshire. 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.

Maryland· 32nd of 51

$209

SD $437NH $174

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.