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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic radiology and related techniques

Contrast injection into the wrist joint for X-ray imaging

CPT 25246the billing code this page is about

Injection of contrast dye into the wrist joint so the joint can be pictured on X-ray; this code covers the injection only, not the imaging itself.

Hospitals typically charge $361 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,171 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $378. Most fall between $175 and $652 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,171
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,171 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$117$212$361$572$956

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($117 vs $956).

How the prices are spread

$88 – $117: 107 hospitals$88$117 – $154: 154 hospitals$154 – $203: 159 hospitals$154$203 – $268: 217 hospitals$268 – $353: 314 hospitals$268$353 – $466: 337 hospitals$466 – $614: 297 hospitals$466$614 – $810: 183 hospitals$810 – $1,069: 121 hospitals$810$1,069 – $1,409: 67 hospitals$1,069median $361price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,956 of 2,171 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$88$117107
$117$154154
$154$203159
$203$268217
$268$353314
$353$466337
$466$614297
$614$810183
$810$1,069121
$1,069$1,40967

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $361.

Alaska: median $478 across 10 hospitalsAK$478Maine: median $176 across 11 hospitalsME$176Vermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $284 across 17 hospitalsNH$284Washington: median $307 across 44 hospitalsWA$307Idaho: median $445 across 17 hospitalsID$445Montana: median $306 across 18 hospitalsMT$306North Dakota: median $186 across 10 hospitalsND$186Minnesota: median $319 across 71 hospitalsMN$319Illinois: median $361 across 103 hospitalsIL$361Wisconsin: median $418 across 92 hospitalsWI$418Michigan: median $753 across 78 hospitalsMI$753New York: median $245 across 62 hospitalsNY$245Massachusetts: median $435 across 37 hospitalsMA$435Oregon: median $282 across 40 hospitalsOR$282Nevada: median $357 across 11 hospitalsNV$357Wyoming: median $424 across 10 hospitalsWY$424South Dakota: median $360 across 12 hospitalsSD$360Iowa: median $347 across 45 hospitalsIA$347Indiana: median $515 across 72 hospitalsIN$515Ohio: median $414 across 125 hospitalsOH$414Pennsylvania: median $432 across 104 hospitalsPA$432New Jersey: median $823 across 40 hospitalsNJ$823Connecticut: median $370 across 16 hospitalsCT$370Rhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $532 across 156 hospitalsCA$532Utah: median $266 across 28 hospitalsUT$266Colorado: median $353 across 53 hospitalsCO$353Nebraska: median $288 across 31 hospitalsNE$288Missouri: median $319 across 53 hospitalsMO$319Kentucky: median $226 across 20 hospitalsKY$226West Virginia: median $473 across 12 hospitalsWV$473Virginia: median $305 across 49 hospitalsVA$305Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $260 across 39 hospitalsAZ$260New Mexico: median $225 across 14 hospitalsNM$225Kansas: median $355 across 31 hospitalsKS$355Arkansas: median $234 across 18 hospitalsAR$234Tennessee: median $137 across 48 hospitalsTN$137North Carolina: median $326 across 62 hospitalsNC$326South Carolina: median $372 across 36 hospitalsSC$372Oklahoma: median $175 across 41 hospitalsOK$175Louisiana: median $241 across 35 hospitalsLA$241Mississippi: median $184 across 34 hospitalsMS$184Alabama: median $310 across 34 hospitalsAL$310Georgia: median $413 across 72 hospitalsGA$413Hawaii: median $216 across 14 hospitalsHI$216Texas: median $373 across 142 hospitalsTX$373Florida: median $317 across 83 hospitalsFL$317
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $361. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ40$823+128%$100 – $4,627
Michigan MI78$753+109%$348 – $1,046
California CA156$532+48%$234 – $814
Indiana IN72$515+43%$288 – $618
Alaska AK10$478+33%$310 – $612
West Virginia WV12$473+31%$399 – $609
Idaho ID17$445+23%$285 – $552
Massachusetts MA37$435+21%$152 – $906
Pennsylvania PA104$432+20%$140 – $839
Wyoming WY10$424+18%$280 – $573
Wisconsin WI92$418+16%$227 – $544
Ohio OH125$414+15%$281 – $580
Georgia GA72$413+15%$265 – $874
Texas TX142$373+4%$183 – $521
South Carolina SC36$372+3%$249 – $421
Connecticut CT16$370+3%$258 – $993
Illinois IL103$3610%$181 – $696
South Dakota SD12$3600%$225 – $1,208
Nevada NV11$357−1%$131 – $745
Kansas KS31$355−2%$271 – $418
Colorado CO53$353−2%$195 – $1,063
Iowa IA45$347−4%$151 – $529
North Carolina NC62$326−10%$176 – $869
Missouri MO53$319−11%$168 – $423
Minnesota MN71$319−12%$239 – $445
Florida FL83$317−12%$150 – $622
Alabama AL34$310−14%$106 – $574
Washington WA44$307−15%$227 – $482
Montana MT18$306−15%$248 – $387
Virginia VA49$305−15%$135 – $562
Nebraska NE31$288−20%$146 – $466
New Hampshire NH17$284−21%$91 – $634
Oregon OR40$282−22%$192 – $750
Utah UT28$266−26%$226 – $397
Arizona AZ39$260−28%$138 – $2,038
New York NY62$245−32%$100 – $450
Louisiana LA35$241−33%$87 – $650
Arkansas AR18$234−35%$154 – $333
Kentucky KY20$226−37%$90 – $407
New Mexico NM14$225−38%$140 – $621
Hawaii HI14$216−40%$189 – $372
North Dakota ND10$186−48%$129 – $342
Mississippi MS34$184−49%$104 – $451
Maine ME11$176−51%$141 – $654
Oklahoma OK41$175−51%$142 – $317
Tennessee TN48$137−62%$61 – $294
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $361.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,725$361$166 – $667
Children’s58$372$258 – $1,301
Critical access379$347$184 – $574
Ownership
For-profit210$425$200 – $874
Government316$319$147 – $574
Non-profit1,636$361$177 – $650
System affiliation
Part of a system1,806$366$174 – $652
Independent365$348$177 – $650

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$606
Median cash price$361
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,678 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $390 and the average of the middle 60% is $401; most fall between $183 and $698.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,678 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$125$226$390$607$993

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($125 vs $993).

Of the 1,802 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,678 gave a usable cash price; 35 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 89 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,171 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (55%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,387 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,171
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here68
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded145
Hospitals that filed this code2,387

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other diagnostic radiology and related techniques family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Injection for Wrist Arthrogram.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Contrast injection into the wrist joint for X-ray imaging (CPT 25246) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-25246-contrast-injection-into-the-wrist-joint-for-x-ray-imaging