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Technetium Tc-99m Medronate, Diagnostic

South Dakota rates for HCPCS A9503

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.79 from a physician practice, and about $240 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$14.79$12.88 to $107
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$81.28 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $24 to $251Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $11 to $135
$10$20$50$100$200facility $240professional $15

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$15.49
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.79
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$19.50
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 275.4 times more in Utah than in Minnesota. 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.

South Dakota· 3rd of 51

$81.28

UT $141MN $0.51

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.