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

North Carolina 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?

$1.00per mL

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.00 for each mL of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.20 from a physician practice, and about $0.95 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
$1.20
At a hospital outpatient department
$0.95

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 21% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 7 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$1.20$0.95 to $1.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.95$0.95 to $1.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $2Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $2
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1professional $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
$0.50
Median
$0.95
Typical High
$0.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$1.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.40
Median
$0.40
Typical High
$0.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.95
Typical High
$1.62
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.88
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
$31,622.78
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 3rd of 51

$1.00

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.