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Gadolinium-Based Magnetic Resonance Contrast Agent Injection

Louisiana 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?

$1.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.45 from a physician practice, and about $1.58 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 6 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$1.45$1.45 to $1.58
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.58$1.58 to $8.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $60Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $2
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $2professional $1

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
$1.45
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$2.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$1.45
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$1.58
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$1.58
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$3.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$1.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$1.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$2.51

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 41st of 51

$1.48

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.