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Iron-Based Magnetic Resonance Contrast Agent Injection

Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin, 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 $25.12 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
$25.12

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 45% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 9 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$14.13 to $61.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$14.13 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $14 to $178Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $14 to $72
$20$50$100$200facility $25professional $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
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$17.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$83.18
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$53.70
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$21.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$53.70
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$74.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$70.79
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$53.70
Prevea360
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$190.55
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$64.57
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
$89.13

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 15th 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.