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Contrast Injection For Knee Imaging

Michigan 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 October 2026.

How much does Contrast Injection For Knee Imaging cost?

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $79.43 from a physician practice, and about $513 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$79.43$53.70 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$417 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $288 to $2,042Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $51 to $240
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $513professional $79

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$213.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$309.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$3,090.30
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$239.88
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$194.98
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$446.68

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Washington 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.

Michigan· 37th of 51

$117

WA $282IN $51.29

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.