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

Illinois 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?

$0.09per mL

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.09 for each mL of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.08 from a physician practice, and about $0.78 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
$0.78

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 877% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 $0.41
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.78$0.14 to $2.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $0 to $5Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1
$0.1$1.0$10.0$100.0facility $1professional $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
$0.08
Median
$0.58
Typical High
$5.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.08
Typical High
$0.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$6.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.50
Median
$0.50
Typical High
$0.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.11
Median
$0.15
Typical High
$0.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.08
Typical High
$0.09
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$1.00
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.10
Median
$0.10
Typical High
$0.10
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.12
Median
$0.12
Typical High
$0.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.13
Typical High
$0.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$72.44

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois $0.09 · 2nd 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.