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Iodine I-131 Iobenguane Sulfate, Diagnostic

Louisiana rates for HCPCS A9508

Iodine I-131 iobenguane sulfate, diagnostic, per 0.5 mCi

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Iodine I-131 Iobenguane Sulfate, Diagnostic cost?

$851

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $891 from a physician practice, and about $851 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$891$851 to $912
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$851 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $513 to $955Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $776 to $912
$500$1Kfacility $851professional $891

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
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$977.24
2 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
$295.12
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$158.49

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in Hawaii than in Kansas. 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.

Louisiana· 46th of 51

$851

HI $1,318KS $214

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.