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

South Carolina 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?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $123 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$75.86$57.54 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$123$91.20 to $158

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $123 · 10th to 90th $76 to $204Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $30 to $126
$50$100$200$500facility $123professional $76

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$144.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$851.14
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$77.62
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
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$9.33

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 27th of 51

$83.18

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.