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

Alabama rates for HCPCS A9528

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$66.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $66.07 from a physician practice, and about $97.72 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 3 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$66.07$66.07 to $77.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$97.72$83.18 to $145

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $65 to $447Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $40 to $81
$50$100$200$500facility $98professional $66

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$112.20

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 13.2 times more in Montana 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.

Alabama· 43rd of 51

$66.07

MT $166HI $12.59

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.