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Iron-Based Magnetic Resonance Contrast Agent Injection

Kansas 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?

$14.13per mL

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for each mL of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.13 from a physician practice, and about $16.98 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
$14.13
At a hospital outpatient department
$16.98

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 20% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 4 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$14.13$14.13 to $61.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.98$14.13 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $14 to $71Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $12 to $62
$20$50$100facility $17professional $14

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
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$64.57

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 48th of 51

$14.13

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.