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Breast MRI with Contrast, Bilateral

North Carolina rates for HCPCS C8906

Magnetic resonance imaging with contrast, breast; bilateral

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Breast MRI with Contrast, Bilateral cost?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $490 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$316$316 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$316 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $316 to $2,630Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $275 to $427
$500$1K$2Kfacility $490professional $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
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,951.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Louisiana than in Montana. 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.

North Carolina· 34th of 51

$331

LA $550MT $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.