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Arm MRI With Contrast

Alabama rates for HCPCS 73219

This is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the arm, covering the bones, muscles, and soft tissue rather than a specific joint like the shoulder, elbow, or wrist. A contrast dye is injected into a vein before or during the scan to make certain tissues, such as tumors or areas of inflammation, show up more clearly. It is often used to evaluate soft-tissue masses, infections, or other abnormalities in the upper limb.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Arm MRI With Contrast cost?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $661 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$479$417 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$646 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $646 to $661Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $347 to $661
$500$1Kfacility $661professional $479

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
$501.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$588.84
3 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Wyoming than in Utah. 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.

Alabama· 32nd of 51

$490

WY $1,318UT $245

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.