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Iron-Based Magnetic Resonance Contrast Agent Injection

Minnesota 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?

$33.88per mL

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.88 for each mL of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.88 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
$33.88
At a hospital outpatient department
$67.61

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 100% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 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$33.88$27.54 to $37.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$67.61$33.88 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $68 · 10th to 90th $32 to $204Professionalmedian $34 · 10th to 90th $14 to $65
$1$5$20$100facility $68professional $34

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
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$81.28
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$239.88
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$87.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$50.12
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$38,018.94

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 8th of 51

$33.88

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.