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Breast MRI without and with Contrast, Unilateral

Alabama rates for HCPCS C8905

Magnetic resonance imaging without contrast followed by with contrast, breast; unilateral

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Breast MRI without and with Contrast, Unilateral cost?

$339

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $339 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $339 from a physician practice, and about $741 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$339$316 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$646 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $589 to $977Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $275 to $479
$500$1Kfacility $741professional $339

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
$323.59
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Oklahoma than in Michigan. 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.

Alabama· 23rd of 51

$339

OK $741MI $316

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.