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Iodine I-131 Iodinated Serum Albumin, Diagnostic

South Carolina 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?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $427 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 5 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$372$81.28 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$427$372 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,479Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $81 to $389
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $427professional $372

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
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$416.87

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 31st of 51

$372

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.