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Iron-Based Magnetic Resonance Contrast Agent Injection

Virginia 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 Virginia, 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 $16.22 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
$16.22

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 10% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 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$14.79$14.45 to $61.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.22$14.79 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $14 to $47Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $14 to $65
$20$50$100facility $16professional $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
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$87.10
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$45.71
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$41.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$77.62

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 38th 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.