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

California rates for HCPCS Q9959

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$0.09per mL

Typical negotiated rate. In California, 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 $0.09 from a physician practice, and about $0.10 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
$0.09
At a hospital outpatient department
$0.10

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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 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$0.09$0.09 to $0.09
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.10$0.09 to $0.26

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $45
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $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
$0.09
Median
$0.43
Typical High
$0.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$1.95
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$0.07
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$398.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.14
Median
$0.14
Typical High
$0.14
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.15
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$0.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$38,018.94

Where California sits

The same service costs 501.2 times more in New York than in Tennessee. 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.

California· 29th of 51

$0.09

NY $44.67TN $0.09

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.