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Iodine I-123 Sodium Iodide, Diagnostic, per mCi

Louisiana rates for HCPCS A9509

Iodine I-123 sodium iodide, diagnostic, per mCi

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Iodine I-123 Sodium Iodide, Diagnostic, per mCi cost?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $257 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 4 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$251$214 to $1,202
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$178 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $63 to $1,202Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $158 to $2,188
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $257professional $251

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
$61.66
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 52.5 times more in Wyoming 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.

Louisiana· 27th of 51

$251

WY $2,188MN $41.69

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.