Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
GAD-BASE MR CONTRAST NOS,1ML
Alice, TX
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Spohn Hospital Alice’s median price of $6 is 16% below the median hospital's median price ($7), higher than 47% of the 1,736 hospitals reporting HCPCS A9579. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 4 payers, 9 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | UnitedHealthcare all payer fee schedule · outpatient | $1 | $1 | — | — | — | $1 – $1 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare hix fee schedule · outpatient | $1 | $1 | — | — | — | $1 – $1 |
| 3 | Aetna mm fee schedule · outpatient | $2 | $2 | — | — | — | $2 – $2 |
| 4 | Humana choicecare fee schedule · outpatient | $4 | $4 | — | — | — | $4 – $4 |
| 5 | Bcbs Tx blue advantage hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $6 | $6 | — | — | — | $6 – $6 |
| 6 | Bcbs Tx hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $8 | $8 | — | — | — | $8 – $8 |
| 7 | Bcbs Tx heb fee schedule · outpatient | $8 | $8 | — | — | — | $8 – $8 |
| 8 | Bcbs Tx ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $9 | $9 | — | — | — | $9 – $9 |
| 9 | Bcbs Tx traditional fee schedule · outpatient | $9 | $9 | — | — | — | $9 – $9 |
Last updated: Jan 13, 2026
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