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Low Osmolar Contrast Material, Iodine 400 mg/mL or Greater

Illinois rates for HCPCS Q9951

Low osmolar contrast material, 400 or greater mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Low Osmolar Contrast Material, Iodine 400 mg/mL or Greater cost?

$0.95per mL

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.95 for each mL of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.95 from a physician practice, and about $5.37 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

Work out the cost of a dose

This drug is priced per mL. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mL
In a doctor's office or clinic
$0.95
At a hospital outpatient department
$5.37

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 462% more at a hospital than at a doctor's office.

Drug cost only. Giving the drug, the visit itself and any monitoring are billed on their own codes. We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.

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$0.95$0.95 to $1.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.37$0.95 to $10.00

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $1 to $26Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $5professional $1

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
$0.95
Median
$0.95
Typical High
$0.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.95
Median
$0.95
Typical High
$1.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.47
Typical High
$1.55
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.88
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$0.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$38,018.94

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 186.2 times more in Minnesota than in Virginia. 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.

Illinois· 32nd of 51

$0.95

MN $105VA $0.56

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.