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Breast MRI without and with Contrast, Bilateral

Alabama rates for HCPCS C8908

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $759 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$398$316 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$759$661 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $398 to $4,677Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $275 to $550
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $759professional $398

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
$398.11
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$398.11
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
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
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 7.6 times more in West Virginia than in Wyoming. 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

$398

WV $2,399WY $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.