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Gadolinium-Based Magnetic Resonance Contrast Agent Injection

Iowa rates for HCPCS A9579 · Omniscan, ProHance

Injection, gadolinium-based magnetic resonance contrast agent, not otherwise specified (NOS), per ml

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Gadolinium-Based Magnetic Resonance Contrast Agent Injection cost?

$3.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.57 from a physician practice, and about $4.37 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 8 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$2.57$1.45 to $3.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.37$3.47 to $15.49

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $2,188Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $1 to $5
$10$100$1Kfacility $4professional $3

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
$1.58
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$6.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$1.82
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$20.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$10.72
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$3.02
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$2.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$1.95
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,165.95
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$3.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$1.74
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$1.45

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in West Virginia than in Massachusetts. 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.

Iowa· 3rd of 51

$3.47

WV $5.37MA $1.45

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.