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High Osmolar Contrast Material, Iodine 150-199 mg/mL

Nationwide rates for HCPCS Q9959

High osmolar contrast material, 150-199 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does High Osmolar Contrast Material, Iodine 150-199 mg/mL cost?

$0.09per mL

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.09 for each mL of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.09 from a physician practice, and about $0.11 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
$0.09
At a hospital outpatient department
$0.11

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 23% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 42 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$0.09$0.07 to $0.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.11$0.09 to $0.45

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $148Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $2
$0.1$1$10$100$1Kfacility $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
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$3.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$2.34
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.33
Typical High
$0.49
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.17
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.09
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.09
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.14
Typical High
$0.28
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.08
Typical High
$0.08
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.00
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.14
Median
$0.15
Typical High
$0.16
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.18
Median
$0.18
Typical High
$0.34
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.62
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$5,011.87
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$2.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$0.07
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.09
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.39
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.13
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$39.81
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.83
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.58
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.38
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.09
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$6,456.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.00
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.07
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.09
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.09
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.10
Typical High
$0.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.13
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$131.83
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$0.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$147.91
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.13
Typical High
$0.34
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$60.26
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.23
Typical High
$0.28
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,187.76
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.09
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$0.07
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.13
Typical High
$0.14
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$0.07
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$0.07
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,011.87
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,511.38
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$70.79
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$1.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$64.57
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$39.81
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$39.81
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,128.61
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,019.95
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
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GL · Free upgrade
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 1122.0 times more in Montana than in Oregon. 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.

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MT $79.43OR $0.07

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.