go back

High Osmolar Contrast Material, Iodine up to 149 mg/mL

Alaska rates for HCPCS Q9958

High osmolar contrast material, up to 149 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does High Osmolar Contrast Material, Iodine up to 149 mg/mL cost?

$0.08per mL

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.08 for each mL of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.08 from a physician practice, and about $0.09 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
$0.08
At a hospital outpatient department
$0.09

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 12% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$0.08$0.08 to $0.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.09$0.07 to $0.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $0Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $0
$0.1$10.0$1.0K$100.0Kfacility $0professional $0

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
$0.56
Median
$0.83
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.08
Typical High
$0.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.08
Typical High
$0.08
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.08
Typical High
$0.17
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.20
Typical High
$0.26
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.11
Median
$0.11
Typical High
$0.28
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.13
Median
$0.16
Typical High
$0.16
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.08
Typical High
$0.17
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.11
Typical High
$0.46

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 1.5 times more in North Carolina than in Pennsylvania. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alaska $0.08 · 18th of 51
NC $0.12PA $0.08

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.