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

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $54.95 from a physician practice, and about $355 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 8 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$54.95$36.31 to $79.43
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$200 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $95 to $646Professionalmedian $55 · 10th to 90th $36 to $123
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $355professional $55

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
$66.07
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$95.50
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$524.81
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$63.10
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$524.81
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$147.91

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 41st 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.