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Gadolinium-Based Magnetic Resonance Contrast Agent Injection

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS A9579

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?

$1.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.45 from a physician practice, and about $4.27 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 9 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 $1.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.27$2.95 to $5.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $9Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $4professional $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
$5.13
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$6.17
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$7.08
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$3.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$6.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$1.45
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$6,918.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$2.34
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$7.08
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$3.55
Tufts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$2.95

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in West Virginia than in Massachusetts. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts $1.45 · 51st of 51
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.