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

North Carolina rates for HCPCS Q9958 · Cysto-Conray II, Cystografin, Cystografin Dilute

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

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$0.23per mL

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.23 for each mL of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.23 from a physician practice, and about $0.09 from a hospital or other facility.

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
$0.23
At a hospital outpatient department
$0.09

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 61% less 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$0.23$0.08 to $0.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.09$0.08 to $0.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $0Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $0
$0.1$0.2facility $0professional $0

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.08
Typical High
$0.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.08
Typical High
$0.09
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.22
Median
$0.23
Typical High
$0.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.12
Typical High
$0.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.08
Typical High
$0.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$0.07
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.08
Typical High
$0.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$0.17
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.13
Typical High
$0.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.08
Typical High
$0.11
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$0.04
Median
$0.04
Typical High
$0.10

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.9 times more in North Carolina than in Alabama. 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.

North Carolina· 1st of 51

$0.23

NC $0.23AL $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.