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

Minnesota 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?

$105per mL

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for each mL of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $1.00 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
$105
At a hospital outpatient department
$1.00

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 99% less 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$105$0.95 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.00$0.93 to $1.41

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $537Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $0 to $129
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $1professional $105

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
$1.00
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.62
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$1.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.44
Typical High
$0.48
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.93
Median
$0.95
Typical High
$1.41
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.38
Typical High
$0.51
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.93
Median
$0.95
Typical High
$2.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$0.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$38,018.94

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 186.2 times more in Minnesota than in Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Minnesota $105 · 1st of 51
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.