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Contrast Injection Into The Knee For Imaging

California rates for HCPCS 27370

Injection of contrast dye into the knee joint so the inside of the joint shows up clearly on the pictures taken afterwards. A needle is placed into the joint space and the dye is instilled, spreading into every recess. This covers placing the injection rather than the imaging that follows it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Contrast Injection Into The Knee For Imaging cost?

$4,365

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,365 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,951 to $5,623.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $12,882Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $631 to $2,399
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $1,479

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$630.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,698.24
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,398.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26

Where California sits

The same service costs 173.8 times more in California than in Mississippi. 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.

California· 1st of 38

$4,365

CA $4,365MS $25.12

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.