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Breast MRI with Contrast, Unilateral

Iowa rates for HCPCS C8903

Magnetic resonance imaging with contrast, breast; unilateral

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Breast MRI with Contrast, Unilateral cost?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $355 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 4 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$316$316 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$316 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $234 to $575Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $234 to $427
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $355professional $316

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
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$426.58
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Virginia than in Mississippi. 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· 36th of 51

$316

VA $525MS $234

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.