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Iron-Based Magnetic Resonance Contrast Agent Injection

Georgia rates for HCPCS Q9953

Injection, iron-based magnetic resonance contrast agent, per ml

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Iron-Based Magnetic Resonance Contrast Agent Injection cost?

$14.79per mL

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for each mL of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.79 from a physician practice, and about $14.45 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
$14.79
At a hospital outpatient department
$14.45

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 2% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$14.79$14.45 to $61.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.45$0.05 to $14.45

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $0 to $14Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $14 to $62
$0.1$1$10$100facility $14professional $15

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
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.05
Typical High
$0.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$70.79
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$229.09
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$83.18

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Hawaii than in Indiana. 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.

Georgia· 27th of 51

$14.79

HI $61.66IN $14.13

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.