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

New York 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?

$0.08per mL

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.08 for each mL of this drug. Most negotiated rates run $0.07 to $0.09.

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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

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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $0 to $40Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $34
$0.1$1$10$100facility $30professional $0

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$0.09
Typical High
$0.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.08
Typical High
$0.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$1.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$0.07
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$39.81
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
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
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

Where New York sits

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.

New York· 35th of 51

$0.08

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.