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Gadolinium-Based Magnetic Resonance Contrast Agent Injection

South Carolina 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?

$1.58

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.58 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.51 from a physician practice, and about $2.51 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$1.51$1.48 to $1.58
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.51$1.82 to $6.17

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $87Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3
$1$2$5$10$20$50facility $3professional $2

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
$1.51
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$2.51
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$1.45
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$2.75
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$3.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$3.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$1.45
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$3.80
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
$1.55

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 35th of 51

$1.58

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.