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Arm MRI With Contrast

Louisiana 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?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $794 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$501$355 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$589 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,148Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $214 to $646
$200$500$1Kfacility $794professional $501

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
$549.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$489.78
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$549.54
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$478.63

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 30th of 51

$501

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.