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Breast MRI with Contrast, Bilateral

Virginia 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?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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 7 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$525$372 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$525 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $355 to $4,571Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,905
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,023professional $525

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
$524.81
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$776.25
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,570.88

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 2nd of 51

$525

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.