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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 October 2026.

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

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $501 from a hospital or other facility.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$93.33$66.07 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$309 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $145 to $4,365Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $41 to $631
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $501professional $93

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$70.79
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$524.81
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$100.00
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$147.91
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$524.81
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$181.97
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,128.61
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$7.08

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Ohio 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· 5th of 51

$117

OH $282HI $56.23

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.