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Contrast Injection For Knee Imaging

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 27369

A doctor injects contrast dye into the knee joint to prepare it for a follow-up detailed imaging study, such as a CT or MRI scan, that shows the inside of the joint more clearly. This combination helps evaluate structures like the cartilage and ligaments in more detail than imaging alone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Contrast Injection For Knee Imaging cost?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $1,175 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$120$51.29 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,175$513 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $186 to $3,467Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $36 to $275
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $120

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
$186.21
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$281.84
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$245.47

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Nebraska than in Indiana. 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.

Louisiana· 9th of 51

$170

NE $214IN $75.86

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.