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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 October 2026.

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

$0.95per mL

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 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 $8.32 from a hospital or other facility.

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
$8.32

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 771% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$0.95$0.56 to $0.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.32$5.50 to $14.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $35Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3
$0.5$1$2$5$10$20$50facility $8professional $1

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
$0.95
Median
$0.95
Typical High
$0.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.95
Median
$0.95
Typical High
$0.95
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$1.55
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$3.16
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$0.76

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 302.0 times more in New York than in Arkansas. 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· 9th of 51

$0.95

NY $60.26AR $0.20

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.