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Technetium Tc-99m Medronate, Diagnostic

Illinois rates for HCPCS A9503

Technetium Tc-99m medronate, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 30 mCi

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Technetium Tc-99m Medronate, Diagnostic cost?

$13.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 from a hospital or other facility.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.88$12.88 to $13.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$21.38 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $17 to $182Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $13 to $81
$20$50$100$200facility $60professional $13

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
$12.59
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$14.79
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$158.49
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.79
4 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$1.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.26
Typical High
$1.29

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 11.0 times more in Kansas than in New York. 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.

Illinois· 33rd of 51

$13.18

KS $141NY $12.88

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.