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Iodine I-131 Sodium Iodide Solution, Diagnostic, per mCi

North Carolina rates for HCPCS A9529

Iodine I-131 sodium iodide solution, diagnostic, per mCi

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Iodine I-131 Sodium Iodide Solution, Diagnostic, per mCi cost?

$1.05

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.05 from a physician practice, and about $13.18 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 5 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$1.05$1.05 to $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.18$12.88 to $16.22

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $1 to $18Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $60
$1$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $13professional $1

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
$1.05
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$1.05
Typical High
$1.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$60.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$1.05
Typical High
$1.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$109.65
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 87.1 times more in Wyoming than in Maine. 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

$1.05

WY $66.07ME $0.76

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.