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Breast MRI without and with Contrast, Bilateral

Virginia rates for HCPCS C8908

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

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$1,148

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,148 from a physician practice, and about $1,905 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,148$977 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$1,122 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $661 to $4,786Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,380
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $1,148

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,162.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$371.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,445.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$120.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,318.26
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,122.02
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$104.71

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 15.1 times more in Ohio 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· 14th of 51

$1,148

OH $1,288MT $85.11

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.