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

North Carolina 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $87.10 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 6 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$85.11$67.61 to $93.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$38.90 to $135

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $7 to $191Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $65 to $93
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $87professional $85

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
$6.92
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$91.20
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 16th of 51

$85.11

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.