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Iodine I-123 Sodium Iodide, Diagnostic

Minnesota rates for HCPCS A9516

Iodine I-123 sodium iodide, diagnostic, per 100 mcCi, up to 999 mcCi

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $447 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 6 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$135$117 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$195 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $95 to $1,148Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $105 to $174
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $447professional $135

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
$72.44
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$204.17
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$218.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$213.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$190.55

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 7.8 times more in West Virginia than in Hawaii. 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.

Minnesota· 8th of 51

$135

WV $282HI $36.31

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.