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Iodine I-131 Iodinated Serum Albumin, Diagnostic

Louisiana rates for HCPCS A9524

Iodine I-131 iodinated serum albumin, diagnostic, per 5 mcCi

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Iodine I-131 Iodinated Serum Albumin, Diagnostic cost?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $85.11 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$447$380 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$85.11$85.11 to $447

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $85 to $447Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $85 to $447
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $85professional $447

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
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$446.68

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 32.4 times more in Alaska 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.

Louisiana· 3rd of 51

$447

AK $603HI $18.62

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.