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Iodine I-131 Sodium Iodide Capsule(s), Therapeutic, per mCi

Montana rates for HCPCS A9517

Iodine I-131 sodium iodide capsule(s), therapeutic, per mCi

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Iodine I-131 Sodium Iodide Capsule(s), Therapeutic, per mCi cost?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 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$50.12$35.48 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$42.66 to $138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $2 to $151Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $35 to $100
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $76professional $50

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
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$64,565.42
Typical High
$89,125.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$134.90
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$141.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$141.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$147.91
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Nebraska 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.

Montana· 5th of 51

$50.12

NE $60.26MN $35.48

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.