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

Pennsylvania 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?

$1.95per mL

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.95 for each mL of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.95 from a physician practice, and about $1.26 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
$1.95
At a hospital outpatient department
$1.26

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 35% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$1.95$0.09 to $2.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.26$0.09 to $1.91

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $0 to $3Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $0 to $2
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1professional $2

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
$0.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.09
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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.07
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
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.23
Typical High
$0.28
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$1.78

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 2nd of 51

$1.95

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.