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Iron-Based Magnetic Resonance Contrast Agent Injection

Louisiana 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?

$17.38per mL

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for each mL of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 from a physician practice, and about $67.61 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
$17.38
At a hospital outpatient department
$67.61

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 289% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$17.38$14.79 to $61.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$67.61$18.62 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $68 · 10th to 90th $17 to $68Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $14 to $68
$20$50$100facility $68professional $17

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
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$70.79

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 13th of 51

$17.38

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.