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

Massachusetts 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. In Massachusetts, 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 $3,467 from a hospital or other facility.

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Amount givenmL

In a doctor's office or clinic: $0.09
At a hospital outpatient department: $3,467

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 3890351% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed by	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider	A doctor's office, clinic or independent provider	$0.09	$0.07 to $0.09
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department	A hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department	$3,467	$2,951 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $83 to $5,888Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $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	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier None Typical Low $0.09 Median $0.09 Typical High $0.13	Facility	None	$0.09	$0.09	$0.13
Aetna Setting Professional Modifier None Typical Low $0.09 Median $0.09 Typical High $0.09	Professional	None	$0.09	$0.09	$0.09
Cigna Setting Professional Modifier None Typical Low $0.07 Median $0.07 Typical High $0.07	Professional	None	$0.07	$0.07	$0.07
Fallon Health Setting Facility Modifier None Typical Low $83.18 Median $3,630.78 Typical High $9,772.37	Facility	None	$83.18	$3,630.78	$9,772.37
Well Sense Setting Facility Modifier None Typical Low $2,511.89 Median $3,467.37 Typical High $5,128.61	Facility	None	$2,511.89	$3,467.37	$5,128.61
Well Sense Setting Professional Modifier None Typical Low $2,511.89 Median $2,511.89 Typical High $3,019.95	Professional	None	$2,511.89	$2,511.89	$3,019.95

Where Massachusetts sits

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

Massachusetts· 28th of 51

$0.09

MT $79.43CO $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.